1NVME-ID-NS(1)                     NVMe Manual                    NVME-ID-NS(1)
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NAME

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

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

15       For the NVMe device given, sends an identify namespace command and
16       provides the result and returned structure.
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18       The <device> parameter is mandatory and may be either the NVMe
19       character device (ex: /dev/nvme0), or a namespace block device (ex:
20       /dev/nvme0n1). If the character device is given, the '--namespace-id'
21       option is mandatory, otherwise it will use the ns-id of the namespace
22       for the block device you opened. For block devices, the ns-id used can
23       be overridden with the same option.
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25       On success, the structure may be returned in one of several ways
26       depending on the option flags; the structure may be parsed by the
27       program or the raw buffer may be printed to stdout.
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OPTIONS

30       -n <nsid>, --namespace-id=<nsid>
31           Retrieve the identify namespace structure for the given nsid. This
32           is required for the character devices, or overrides the block nsid
33           if given.
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35       -f, --force
36           Request controller return the identify namespace structure even if
37           the namespace is not attached to the controller. This is valid only
38           for controllers at or newer than revision 1.2. Controllers at
39           revision lower than this may interpret the command incorrectly.
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41       -b, --raw-binary
42           Print the raw buffer to stdout. Structure is not parsed by program.
43           This overrides the vendor specific and human readable options.
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45       -v, --vendor-specific
46           In addition to parsing known fields, this option will dump the
47           vendor specific region of the structure in hex with ascii
48           interpretation.
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50       -H, --human-readable
51           This option will parse and format many of the bit fields into
52           human-readable formats.
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54       -o <format>, --output-format=<format>
55           Set the reporting format to normal, json, or binary. Only one
56           output format can be used at a time.
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EXAMPLES

59       ·   Has the program interpret the returned buffer and display the known
60           fields in a human readable format:
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62               # nvme id-ns /dev/nvme0n1
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64       ·   If using the character device or overriding namespace id:
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66               # nvme id-ns /dev/nvme0 -n 1
67               # nvme id-ns /dev/nvme0n1 -n 1
68               # nvme id-ns /dev/nvme0 --namespace-id=1
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70       ·   In addition to showing the known fields, have the program to
71           display the vendor unique field:
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73               # nvme id-ns /dev/nvme0n1 --vendor-specific
74               # nvme id-ns /dev/nvme0n1 -v
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76           The above will dump the 'vs' buffer in hex since it doesn’t know
77           how to interpret it.
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79       ·   Have the program return the raw structure in binary:
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81               # nvme id-ns /dev/nvme0n1 --raw-binary > id_ns.raw
82               # nvme id-ns /dev/nvme0n1 -b > id_ns.raw
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84           It is probably a bad idea to not redirect stdout when using this
85           mode.
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87       ·   Alternatively you may want to send the data to another program that
88           can parse the raw buffer.
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90               # nvme id-ns /dev/nvme0n1 --raw-binary | nvme_parse_id_ns
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92           The parse program in the above example can be a program that shows
93           the structure in a way you like. The following program is such an
94           example that will parse it and can accept the output through a
95           pipe, '|', as shown in the above example, or you can 'cat' a saved
96           output buffer to it.
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98           /* File: nvme_parse_id_ns.c */
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100           #include <linux/nvme.h>
101           #include <stdio.h>
102           #include <unistd.h>
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104           int main(int argc, char **argv)
105           {
106                   unsigned char buf[sizeof(struct nvme_id_ns)];
107                   struct nvme_id_ns *ns = (struct nvme_id_ns *)buf;
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109                   if (read(STDIN_FILENO, buf, sizeof(buf)))
110                           return 1;
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112                   printf("nsze : %#llx\n", ns->nsze);
113                   printf("ncap : %#llx\n", ns->ncap);
114                   return 0;
115           }
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