mtd_part_get...tible_parser(9)

💖 mtd_part_get_compatible_parser(9) — the kernel API manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so you found the mtd_part_get...tible_parser(9) page in the Kernel API Manual and you're like "what is this even" — don't worry, I got you. This is the function that goes "which MTD parser speaks this compatible string?" and honestly? iconic behaviour. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

mtd_part_get_compatible_parser — find an MTD parser by a compatible string, no cap 🔍

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct mtd_part_parser * mtd_part_get_compatible_parser (const char
       *compat );

like, it takes one little string and hands you back a pointer to a struct mtd_part_parser. slay. 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• compat — the compatible string that describes partitions in a device tree 🌳 like it's literally the "hey, do you speak this?" string you're passing in.

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so here's the vibe: MTD parsers can declare which partitions they support by providing a table of compatibility strings. cute, right? 🫶

This function then goes and finds the parser that advertises support for the "compatible" value you passed in. so you give it your compat string, it does the matchmaking, and you get the parser that's down for it. main character energy fr fr 👑

ngl this whole thing is just a very polite compatibility-string matchmaking service and I'm obsessed 💖

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c — the whole squad lives here 🏠
• __mtd_del_partition(9)
• parse_mtd_partitions(9)

iykyk — go read those next, bestie 📚

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and that's the page!! 🍓 it comes to you from ./drivers/mtd, dated October 2026, and yes the header and footer both say the same squished-up mtd_part_get...tible_parser(9) name because that's just how this manual rolls 😭💀 hope this helped, mwah 💜🧚