nvme_id_ns_dpc-libnvme3(2)

nvme_id_ns_dpc-libnvme32

This field indicates the capabilities for the end-to-end data protection feature.

Usage

enum nvme_id_ns_dpc {
NVME_NS_DPC_PI_TYPE1 ,

NVME_NS_DPC_PI_TYPE2 ,

NVME_NS_DPC_PI_TYPE3 ,

NVME_NS_DPC_PI_FIRST ,

NVME_NS_DPC_PI_LAST

};

Constants

NVME_NS_DPC_PI_TYPE1

If set, indicates that the namespace supports Protection Information Type 1.

NVME_NS_DPC_PI_TYPE2

If set, indicates that the namespace supports Protection Information Type 2.

NVME_NS_DPC_PI_TYPE3

If set, indicates that the namespace supports Protection Information Type 3.

NVME_NS_DPC_PI_FIRST

If set, indicates that the namespace supports protection information transferred as the first eight bytes of metadata.

NVME_NS_DPC_PI_LAST

If set, indicates that the namespace supports protection information transferred as the last eight bytes of metadata.

From nvme-cli 3.2-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.