ENUM OS_AREA_DB_OWNER(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

👑 enum os_area_db_owner(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ and today's main character is enum os_area_db_owner — literally the enum that keeps track of data owners. That's the whole NAME section. Short, sweet, slay. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS

enum os_area_db_owner {
    OS_AREA_DB_OWNER_ANY ,
    OS_AREA_DB_OWNER_NONE ,
    OS_AREA_DB_OWNER_PROTOTYPE ,
    OS_AREA_DB_OWNER_LINUX ,
    OS_AREA_DB_OWNER_PETITBOOT ,
    OS_AREA_DB_OWNER_MAX

};

like, look at her. six members, trailing spaces before the commas, no notes. iconic behavior honestly 🎀

🦋 Constants

so here's the thing, and I need you to sit down for this one: the manpage gives us zero descriptions here. every single one of these bad boys is listed as -- undescribed --. that's it. that's the lore. 😭

  • OS_AREA_DB_OWNER_ANY — the page says -- undescribed --, so that's exactly what we're working with, ngl 🙈
  • OS_AREA_DB_OWNER_NONE — also -- undescribed -- 💀
  • OS_AREA_DB_OWNER_PROTOTYPE — you guessed it: -- undescribed -- 🫶
  • OS_AREA_DB_OWNER_LINUX — -- undescribed --, no cap ⭐
  • OS_AREA_DB_OWNER_PETITBOOT — -- undescribed -- (cute name tho, highkey obsessed) 🍓
  • OS_AREA_DB_OWNER_MAX — -- undescribed -- 🔥
fr fr bestie, I'm not gonna invent details for these. if the source page didn't describe them, I'm not out here making things up. the vibe check says: go read the code. 🧚

🌈 SEE ALSO

okay this is where it gets juicy, because there are so many siblings in this little kernel family:

like, the way this enum has a whole friend group 💜 go read them, iykyk.

quick reminder that struct os_area_header(9) above is chillin' right there in that first SEE ALSO line under the kernel file — don't lose her 💫

and that's the page, bestie! 🎀 brought to you by ./arch/powerpc/platforms/ps3, dated October 2026, and titled enum os_area_db_owner(9) — periodt. go forth and slay your PS3 os-area knowledge 🔥👑

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