libnvme(2)

💖 NAME 💖

enum nvme_persistent_event_types — the persistent event log events, bestie. It's the whole roster of everything your NVMe drive can write down in its little diary of stuff that happened.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

enum nvme_persistent_event_types {
    NVME_PEL_SMART_HEALTH_EVENT ,
    NVME_PEL_FW_COMMIT_EVENT ,
    NVME_PEL_TIMESTAMP_EVENT ,
    NVME_PEL_POWER_ON_RESET_EVENT ,
    NVME_PEL_NSS_HW_ERROR_EVENT ,
    NVME_PEL_CHANGE_NS_EVENT ,
    NVME_PEL_FORMAT_START_EVENT ,
    NVME_PEL_FORMAT_COMPLETION_EVENT ,
    NVME_PEL_SANITIZE_START_EVENT ,
    NVME_PEL_SANITIZE_COMPLETION_EVENT ,
    NVME_PEL_SET_FEATURE_EVENT ,
    NVME_PEL_TELEMETRY_CRT ,
    NVME_PEL_THERMAL_EXCURSION_EVENT ,
    NVME_PEL_SANITIZE_MEDIA_VERIF_EVENT ,
    NVME_PEL_VENDOR_SPECIFIC_EVENT ,
    NVME_PEL_TCG_DEFINED_EVENT

};

(okay yes there's a lil blank line before the closing brace, she's just like that, leave her alone 🙈)

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🎀 Constants 🎀

Not me listing every single one, because every single one MATTERS. Periodt. Here's the full lineup of event types your drive can log:

• NVME_PEL_SMART_HEALTH_EVENT — a snapshot of the SMART / Health Log, like your drive taking a selfie to check up on itself 💅
• NVME_PEL_FW_COMMIT_EVENT — firmware commit went down, so the log is marking the occasion
• NVME_PEL_TIMESTAMP_EVENT — the timestamp changed, clock said new me
• NVME_PEL_POWER_ON_RESET_EVENT — power-on or reset happened, she woke up and chose chaos
• NVME_PEL_NSS_HW_ERROR_EVENT — NVM Subsystem Hardware Error, aka the hardware is going through it 😭
• NVME_PEL_CHANGE_NS_EVENT — namespace changed, glow-up or glow-down, either way it's logged
• NVME_PEL_FORMAT_START_EVENT — Format NVM started, hold onto your data bestie
• NVME_PEL_FORMAT_COMPLETION_EVENT — Format NVM finished, it's giving fresh start ✨
• NVME_PEL_SANITIZE_START_EVENT — Sanitize began, the deep clean era
• NVME_PEL_SANITIZE_COMPLETION_EVENT — Sanitize completed, squeaky clean, no cap
• NVME_PEL_SET_FEATURE_EVENT — Set Feature happened, a setting got changed, iconic
• NVME_PEL_TELEMETRY_CRT — Telemetry Log Create, the drive is collecting receipts 🧚
• NVME_PEL_THERMAL_EXCURSION_EVENT — Thermal Excursion, she got HOT, temperature was not okay
• NVME_PEL_SANITIZE_MEDIA_VERIF_EVENT — Sanitize Media Verification, double-checking the clean actually worked
• NVME_PEL_VENDOR_SPECIFIC_EVENT — vendor specific, the manufacturer's own little mystery iykyk 🦋
• NVME_PEL_TCG_DEFINED_EVENT — TCG Defined Event, the security girlies' contribution to the log 🌸

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💀 lowkey important: that's the entire list. If you're looking for an event type that isn't here, it's not here, and no amount of manifesting is gonna add it.

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and that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 this was enum nvme_persistent_event_types from the libnvme API manual (yes, manual section 2, the API one, we been knew), shipped with the July 2026 version. stan a persistent event log. 🌈⭐💜