NAME

       nvme-id-ns - Send NVMe Identify Namespace, return result and structure

SYNOPSIS

       nvme id-ns <device> [--vendor-specific | -v] [--raw-binary | -b]
                               [--namespace-id=<nsid> | -n <nsid>] [--force]
                               [--human-readable | -H]
                               [--output-format=<fmt> | -o <fmt>] [--verbose | -v]

DESCRIPTION

       For the NVMe device given, sends an identify namespace command and provides the result and
       returned structure.

       The <device> parameter is mandatory and may be either the NVMe character device (ex:
       /dev/nvme0), or a namespace block device (ex: /dev/nvme0n1). If the character device is
       given, the '--namespace-id' option is mandatory, otherwise it will use the ns-id of the
       namespace for the block device you opened. For block devices, the ns-id used can be
       overridden with the same option.

       On success, the structure may be returned in one of several ways depending on the option
       flags; the structure may be parsed by the program or the raw buffer may be printed to
       stdout.

OPTIONS

       -n <nsid>, --namespace-id=<nsid>
           Retrieve the identify namespace structure for the given nsid. This is required for the
           character devices, or overrides the block nsid if given. If the controller supports
           namespace management capability and 0xFFFFFFFF is given, then the controller returns
           the identify namespace structure that specifies common capabilities across namespaces
           for the controller.

       --force
           Request controller return the identify namespace structure even if the namespace is
           not attached to the controller. This is valid only for controllers at or newer than
           revision 1.2. Controllers at revision lower than this may interpret the command
           incorrectly.

       -b, --raw-binary
           Print the raw buffer to stdout. Structure is not parsed by program. This overrides the
           vendor specific and human readable options.

       -V, --vendor-specific
           In addition to parsing known fields, this option will dump the vendor specific region
           of the structure in hex with ascii interpretation.

       -H, --human-readable
           This option will parse and format many of the bit fields into human-readable formats.

       -o <fmt>, --output-format=<fmt>
           Set the reporting format to normal, json or binary. Only one output format can be used
           at a time.

       -v, --verbose
           Increase the information detail in the output.

EXAMPLES

       •   Has the program interpret the returned buffer and display the known fields in a human
           readable format:

               # nvme id-ns /dev/nvme0n1

       •   If using the character device or overriding namespace id:

               # nvme id-ns /dev/nvme0 -n 1
               # nvme id-ns /dev/nvme0n1 -n 1
               # nvme id-ns /dev/nvme0 --namespace-id=1

       •   In addition to showing the known fields, have the program to display the vendor unique
           field:

               # nvme id-ns /dev/nvme0n1 --vendor-specific
               # nvme id-ns /dev/nvme0n1 -V

           The above will dump the 'vs' buffer in hex since it doesn’t know how to interpret it.

       •   Have the program return the raw structure in binary:

               # nvme id-ns /dev/nvme0n1 --raw-binary > id_ns.raw
               # nvme id-ns /dev/nvme0n1 -b > id_ns.raw

           It is probably a bad idea to not redirect stdout when using this mode.

       •   Alternatively you may want to send the data to another program that can parse the raw
           buffer.

               # nvme id-ns /dev/nvme0n1 --raw-binary | nvme_parse_id_ns

           The parse program in the above example can be a program that shows the structure in a
           way you like. The following program is such an example that will parse it and can
           accept the output through a pipe, '|', as shown in the above example, or you can 'cat'
           a saved output buffer to it.

           /* File: nvme_parse_id_ns.c */

           #include <linux/nvme.h>
           #include <stdio.h>
           #include <unistd.h>

           int main(int argc, char **argv)
           {
                   unsigned char buf[sizeof(struct nvme_id_ns)];
                   struct nvme_id_ns *ns = (struct nvme_id_ns *)buf;

                   if (read(STDIN_FILENO, buf, sizeof(buf)))
                           return 1;

                   printf("nsze : %#llx\n", ns->nsze);
                   printf("ncap : %#llx\n", ns->ncap);
                   return 0;
           }

NVME

       Part of the nvme-user suite