nvme_init_auth_send(9) libnvme API manual nvme_init_auth_send(9)

nvme_init_auth_send - Initialize passthru command for Authentication Send

void nvme_init_auth_send (struct libnvme_passthru_cmd *cmd , __u16 spsp , __u8 secp , __u32 tl , void *data , __u32 len );

Passthru command to use
Security Protocol Specific field
Security Protocol
Protocol specific transfer length
Authentication message payload buffer to send
Data length of the payload in bytes

Initializes the passthru command buffer for the Fabrics Authentication Send command, used to send a KX-HMAC-CHAP authentication message (e.g. struct nvmf_auth_kxchap_reply) to a controller. This is an NVMe-over-Fabrics specific command that reuses the SECP/SPSP0/SPSP1/TL field encoding of the Security Send command.

nvme_init_auth_send October 2026