libnvme(9)

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💖 NAME 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the libnvme(9) API manual ✨ — we're looking at struct nvme_rate_limiting_max_access_descriptor, aka the Rate Limiting Maximum Access Descriptor (QMAD, and yes that acronym is lowkey iconic 💅).

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

       struct nvme_rate_limiting_max_access_descriptor {
           __u8 mbsf;
           __u8 rsvd1[7];
           __le64 mrbwv;
           __le64 mwbwv;
           __le32 mriops;
           __le32 mwiops;
        };

🎀 Members 🎀

  • mbsf — Maximum Bandwidth Scale Factor, see enum nvme_rate_limiting_bw_scale 🦋
  • rsvd1 — Reserved. no cap, just vibes 🙈
  • mrbwv — Maximum Read Bandwidth Value, shall not be cleared to 0h 🫶
  • mwbwv — Maximum Write Bandwidth Value, shall not be cleared to 0h 💖
  • mriops — Maximum Random Read IOPS, shall not be cleared to 0h 🔥
  • mwiops — Maximum Random Write IOPS, shall not be cleared to 0h ⭐

that's the whole page, bestie 💅 this was the libnvme(9) API manual, dated October 2026, all about struct nvme_rate_limiting_max_access_descriptor. mwah 🫶🎀

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