nand_write_buf(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 nand_write_buf(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie ✨

Okay so picture this: you're deep in the kernel, you've got a NAND chip in front of you, and you need to put bytes into it. That's literally the whole vibe of this page. It's a manual page for nand_write_buf, living in the Kernel API Manual part of section 9 (iykyk, that's the kernel-API corner of the man pages 🎀).

✨ NAME ✨

nand_write_buf — ok so this is marked [DEFAULT] and it does exactly what it says on the tin: write buffer to chip. That's it. That's the function. She's a buffer-writer, she's default, she's iconic 💖

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void nand_write_buf (struct nand_chip *chip , const uint8_t *buf , int
len );

Note the void return bestie — she gives you nothing back. No status, no little thumbs up, no error code. She just writes. Main character energy honestly 👑

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • chip — the NAND chip object. Like, the actual chip you're talking to. Your little guy 🫶
  • buf — the data buffer. This is where your bytes are sitting, waiting for their moment ✨
  • len — number of bytes to write. How many of those bytes are actually coming along for the ride 💫

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

So this is the default write function for 8bit buswidth. That's the whole description, no cap. Eight-bit bus width — that's the lane she's driving in 🚗💨

It's the fallback/default one, which is why she's got that [DEFAULT] tag up in the NAME section. Lowkey the workhorse of the legacy NAND world 🐎

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

The kernel file lives at ./drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_legacy.c — go say hi to her siblings:

That's the whole friend group fr fr 🌈 — readers, writers, the 16-bit girlies, and a bunch of waiters who are just, like, waiting 💀

Okay bestie, tiny vibe-check reminder: every single one of those names above is exactly as written. Don't be out here typoing nand_get_set_features_notsupp — that one's a mouthful and she WILL notice 🙈

That's the page! No bugs listed, no warnings, no exit statuses — this one's refreshingly chill 🍓

Source: ./drivers/mtd/nand/raw, dated October 2026. Slay, see you in the next man page 💅✨🦋

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