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+.TH "nvme_identify_ns_descs" 9 "nvme_identify_ns_descs" "April 2022" "libnvme API manual" LINUX
+.SH NAME
+nvme_identify_ns_descs \- Retrieves namespace descriptor list
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B "int" nvme_identify_ns_descs
+.BI "(int fd " ","
+.BI "__u32 nsid " ","
+.BI "struct nvme_ns_id_desc *descs " ");"
+.SH ARGUMENTS
+.IP "fd" 12
+File descriptor of nvme device
+.IP "nsid" 12
+The namespace id to retrieve destriptors
+.IP "descs" 12
+User space destination address to transfer the data
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+A list of Namespace Identification Descriptor structures is returned to the
+host for the namespace specified in the Namespace Identifier (NSID) field if
+it is an active NSID.
+
+The data returned is in the form of an arrray of 'struct nvme_ns_id_desc'.
+
+See \fIstruct nvme_ns_id_desc\fP for the definition of the returned structure.
+.SH "RETURN"
+The nvme command status if a response was received (see
+\fIenum nvme_status_field\fP) or -1 with errno set otherwise.