Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r12.0-1306-wip

Chapter 9. General Libraries

libnvme-1.7.1

Introduction to libnvme

The libnvme package is a library which provides type definitions for NVMe specification structures, enumerations, and bit fields, helper functions to construct, dispatch, and decode commands and payloads, and utilities to connect, scan, and manage NVMe devices on a Linux system.

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Package Information

libnvme Dependencies

Optional

dbus-1.14.10, JSON-C-0.17, keyutils-1.6.1, and SWIG-4.2.0

Installation of libnvme

Install libnvme by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

meson setup --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release -Dlibdbus=auto .. &&
ninja

To run the tests, issue: ninja test.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Contents

Installed Programs: None
Installed Library: libnvme.so and libnvme-mi.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/nvme and /usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/libnvme

Short Descriptions

libnvme.so

contains functions used to handle operations relating to NVMe devices.