libnvme(9) API Manual libnvme(9)

# [NAME](#NAME)

enum nvme\_unit - Defined buffer size and write throughput granularity units

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

enum nvme\_unit {  
**NVME\_UNIT\_B** ,  
**NVME\_UNIT\_1K** ,  
**NVME\_UNIT\_1M** ,  
**NVME\_UNIT\_1G**

};

# [Constants](#Constants)

[NVME\_UNIT\_B](#NVME_UNIT_B)

Bytes or Bytes/second

[NVME\_UNIT\_1K](#NVME_UNIT_1K)

1 KiB or 1 KiB/second

[NVME\_UNIT\_1M](#NVME_UNIT_1M)

1 MiB or 1 MiB/second

[NVME\_UNIT\_1G](#NVME_UNIT_1G)

1 GiB or 1 GiB/second

enum nvme\_unit October 2026

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Document: nvme_unit-libnvme3(2) from nvme-cli 3.2-r0 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/linux-nvme/nvme-cli