spi_nor_scan(9)

🎀 NAME 🎀

spi_nor_scan — scan the SPI NOR

okay so welcome to the spi_nor_scan(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, bestie 💖 this one is literally about scanning the SPI NOR, and it's lowkey iconic. no cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int spi_nor_scan (struct spi_nor *nor , const char *name , const struct
spi_nor_hwcaps *hwcaps );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• nor — the spi_nor structure. your main character struct, fr fr 💅
• name — the chip type name. yes, the chip's type name, bestie 🎀
• hwcaps — the hardware capabilities supported by the controller driver. it's giving controller-driver support vibes ✨

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Drivers can use this function to scan the SPI NOR. In the scanning, it will try to get all the necessary information to fill the mtd_info{} and the spi_nor{}. like, it's gathering the info it needs to fill those structs, periodt 🫶

The chip type name can be provided through the name parameter. so if you've got the chip type name, that's where it goes, iykyk 💖

💫 RETURN 💫

0 for success, others for failure. that's it, that's the vibe check: zero means slay, anything else means nope 😭

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./include/linux/mtd/spi-nor.h
• struct spi_nor_hwcaps(9)
• struct spi_nor_controller_ops(9)
• enum spi_nor_cmd_ext(9)
• struct spi_nor(9)

xoxo, your kernel bestie 💖 this page came from ./include/linux/mtd, dated October 2026, and it's still spi_nor_scan(9), periodt 🎀