open_mtd_by_chdev(9)

💖 open_mtd_by_chdev(9) 💖

okay so this is the Kernel API Manual page for open_mtd_by_chdev, and it's literally about opening an MTD device by its character device node path. bestie, it's giving tiny helper function with main character energy ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

open_mtd_by_chdev — open an MTD device by its character device node path. no cap, that's the whole vibe 💅

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🫶 SYNOPSIS 🫶

struct mtd_info * open_mtd_by_chdev (const char *mtd_dev );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• mtd_dev — MTD character device node path. yes bestie, that's the path to the character device node 🦋

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so this helper function opens an MTD device by its character node device path. simple, iconic, useful 🌟

Returns the MTD device description object in case of success, and a negative error code in case of failure 😭 so like… check that return value, bestie, fr fr 💀

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

obsessed with a good cross-reference moment, so here's the whole list, exact and unedited 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c — struct mtd_dev_param(9)
• ubi_volume_notify(9)
• ubi_notify_all(9)
• ubi_enumerate_volumes(9)
• ubi_get_device(9)
• ubi_put_device(9)
• ubi_get_by_major(9)
• ubi_major2num(9)
• kill_volumes(9)
• uif_init(9)
• uif_close(9)
• ubi_free_volumes_from(9)
• ubi_free_all_volumes(9)
• ubi_free_internal_volumes(9)
• io_init(9)
• autoresize(9)
• ubi_attach_mtd_dev(9)
• ubi_detach_mtd_dev(9)
• open_mtd_device(9)
• bytes_str_to_int(9)
• ubi_mtd_param_parse(9)

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mwah 💋 source/version: ./drivers/mtd/ubi; date: October 2026; page: open_mtd_by_chdev(9) — bye bestie! 🫶