nand_write_byte16(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 nand_write_byte16(9) — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, specifically the page for nand_write_byte16 — yes that's the whole title, yes it's a mouthful, we're coping 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

nand_write_byte16 — [DEFAULT] write single byte to a chip with width 16 💅

(yeah the [DEFAULT] is literally part of the name line, don't come for me, that's just how the kernel labels its default implementations 👑)

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void nand_write_byte16 (struct nand_chip *chip , uint8_t byte );

that's it. that's the whole signature. short, sweet, and it returns void because it does not care about your feedback 😌

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • chip — the NAND chip object. like, the actual chip we're talking to, this is the main character of the function ngl 🔥
  • byte — the value to write. one single byte, no more, no less 🍓

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

so here's the tea ☕: this is the default function that writes a byte to I/O[7:0] on a 16-bit wide chip.

yes, you read that right — a byte (8 bits, one little guy) going onto a 16-bit wide bus. lowkey iconic behavior, but that's literally the documented job: default function, write a byte, to I/O[7:0], on a 16-bit wide chip. no cap. ✨

don't overthink it, bestie — it's giving "small task, big chip energy" and honestly we respect it 💜

💀 SEE ALSO 💀

the kernel file lives at ./drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_legacy.c — go say hi to it 🧚

and then there's the whole friend group, fr fr:

🫶 note to self: that list is in the exact order the manpage gave it, because we do not rearrange the squad. also yes, panic_nand_wait_ready is right there in the middle and we're all pretending that's normal 😭

🌈 the cute sign-off 🌈

this lil page came from ./drivers/mtd/nand/raw and it's dated October 2026 — so like, it's from the future?? kind of?? anyway that's the source/version + date, all accounted for, and nand_write_byte16(9) is the last word 👑

mwah, go write some bytes 💖✨

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