spear_smi_erase_sector(9)

💅 spear_smi_erase_sector(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to Kernel API Manual energy — this is spear_smi_erase_sector(9), and it's literally the function for erasing one sector of flash. No cap.

🌸 NAME 🌸

spear_smi_erase_sector — erase one sector of flash ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here's the signature, exactly as it appears, no edits:

int spear_smi_erase_sector (struct spear_smi *dev , u32 bank , u32
       command , u32 bytes );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — the struct spear_smi that holds the SMI information. it's giving main character struct energy 🫶
• bank — the bank this command needs to be send to. yes, "send" — we're keeping the original grammar vibe 💀
• command — the erase command to be send.
• bytes — size of the command.

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so the actual job, lowkey simple: erase one sector of flash memory at offset offset — and that offset is any address within the sector which should be erased. Returns 0 if successful (slay), non-zero otherwise. That's the whole vibe check, periodt ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group, iykyk 👑:

• Kernel file: ./drivers/mtd/devices/spear_smi.c
• struct spear_smi(9)
• struct spear_snor_flash(9)
• spear_smi_read_sr(9)
• spear_smi_wait_till_ready(9)
• spear_smi_int_handler(9)
• spear_smi_hw_init(9)
• get_flash_index(9)
• spear_smi_write_enable(9)
• spear_mtd_erase(9)
• spear_mtd_read(9)
• spear_mtd_write(9)
• spear_smi_probe_flash(9)
• spear_smi_probe(9)
• spear_smi_remove(9)

mwah 💋 this page comes from ./drivers/mtd/devices, dated October 2026, and it's all about spear_smi_erase_sector(9) — iconic footer behavior, ngl 🫶