libnvme(2)

💖 libnvme — the enum nvme_nvm_id_ns_pif era 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to libnvme's manual page, section 2 (the API manual, yes ma'am) 🎀 and today's main character is literally an enum about Protection Information Format types. I know, I know — sounds dry, but trust me, it's giving ✨ structure ✨.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

enum nvme_nvm_id_ns_pif — bestie, this field is the one telling you the type of the Protection Information Format 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

here's the whole vibe, verbatim, no edits:

enum nvme_nvm_id_ns_pif {
    NVME_NVM_PIF_16B_GUARD ,
    NVME_NVM_PIF_32B_GUARD ,
    NVME_NVM_PIF_64B_GUARD ,
    NVME_NVM_PIF_QTYPE

};

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👑 Constants 👑

four constants, four little icons, no skips, no cap:

• NVME_NVM_PIF_16B_GUARD — bestie this is the 16-bit Guard Protection Information Format 🌈
• NVME_NVM_PIF_32B_GUARD — and this one? the 32-bit Guard Protection Information Format 💚
• NVME_NVM_PIF_64B_GUARD — yup and here's the 64-bit Guard Protection Information Format 💜
• NVME_NVM_PIF_QTYPE — okay so listen: if Qualified Protection Information Format Supports is set and the Protection Information Format is set to 3, then the protection information format gets taken from the Qualified Protection Information Format field. it's giving conditional, it's giving plot twist 🌀

fr fr that last one is the spicy one — the format comes from somewhere else entirely when both those conditions hit. don't @ me, that's just what it says 🙈

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and that's the whole page, bestie — slay, you read an enum manpage and you understood it 💅✨ this little icon dropped back in July 2026, from the libnvme API manual (section 2) — mwah, periodt 🫶💖