nand_select_chip(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 nand_select_chip(9) — the Kernel API Manual, but make it cute 🎀

okay bestie, so this one lives in the Kernel API Manual and honestly? it's a tiny little icon. like, it does one thing and it does it well. we love a focused main character. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

nand_select_chip — [DEFAULT] control CE line

like, that's the whole job. you're controlling the CE line. that's it. that's the gig. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void nand_select_chip (struct nand_chip *chip , int chipnr );

no cap, that's the entire signature. void in, void out — well, void out at least. it takes stuff and gives you nothing back but vibes. 🦋

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • chip — the NAND chip object, aka the whole entire point. it's the struct nand_chip * you're working with, the little guy in question. 🧚
  • chipnr — the chipnumber to select. and listen — pass -1 for deselect. that's the deselect signal, bestie. -1. write it down. 📝

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so the manpage is gonna be real with you: this is the default select function for 1 chip devices.

one chip. single. solo. living that independent life. if you've got a whole fleet of chips, this is not your girl — this is the plain default for the simple one-chip situation. and honestly? she ate. 🔥

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

it's giving "linked list of friends" and i'm obsessed. all of these are in the Kernel file ./drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_legacy.c:

group chat's all here. iykyk. 👑

lowkey do NOT sleep on panic_nand_wait_ready(9) — the name has "panic" in it for a reason and that's the only hint you're getting from me. 😭

and that's the whole page, bestie — nothing more, nothing less, we keep it 💯. this one came out of ./drivers/mtd/nand/raw and is dated October 2026, filed under nand_select_chip(9) in the Kernel API Manual. mwah, go select a chip responsibly. 💜🎀💅

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