libnvme(9)

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πŸ’… libnvme(9) β€” API Manual, bestie edition

Okay so this is a page straight out of the libnvme API Manual, and we're talking about one specific little struct. Buckle up πŸŽ€


✨ NAME ✨

struct tcg_l0_cnl β€” the Configurable Namespace Locking feature, and its feature code is 0x0403 (iconic, honestly πŸ‘‘)


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

Here's the whole vibe, verbatim, no cap:

struct tcg_l0_cnl {
    __u8 flags;
    __u8 rsvd1[3];
    __be32 max_key_count;
    __be32 unused_key_count;
    __be32 max_ranges_per_ns;
 };

πŸ’– Members πŸ’–

  • flags β€” the flags field, and like… go look at enum tcg_l0_cnl_flags for what's actually in there πŸ¦‹
  • rsvd1 β€” reserved. Not for you. Hands off πŸ™ˆ
  • max_key_count β€” the maximum key count πŸ”₯
  • unused_key_count β€” the unused key count, literally right there in the name ✨
  • max_ranges_per_ns β€” the maximum ranges per namespace πŸ’…

🧚 Description 🧚

This is from the TCG Storage Opal SSC Feature Set: Configurable Namespace Locking, section 4.2.1. That's the whole lore, bestie πŸ“–


ngl if you're poking at the reserved bytes, that's not the main character energy we're going for β€” leave rsvd1 alone 🫢

that's the whole page, periodt πŸ’œ β€” this little beauty landed in October 2026, it's struct tcg_l0_cnl content from libnvme(9), and yes she ate, no crumbs πŸŒˆβ­πŸ“

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