STRUCT SPINAND_MANUFACTURER(9)

💅 struct spinand_manufacturer(9) — Kernel API Manual

okay bestie, welcome to the kernel API manual, we're doing structs today and honestly? this one is kind of a vibe. it lives in the <mint>Kernel API Manual</mint> and it's all about SPI NAND manufacturers. yes, that SPI NAND. iykyk 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

struct spinand_manufacturer — the SPI NAND manufacturer instance, aka the little record that says "hi i'm a chip vendor and here's my whole lineup" 💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct spinand_manufacturer {
    u8 id;
    char *name;
    const struct spinand_info *chips;
    const size_t nchips;
    const struct spinand_manufacturer_ops *ops;
 };

like, look at her. five fields. main character energy, no notes. 👑

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🎀 Members 🎀

okay so let's go field by field, this is the good part:

• id — the manufacturer ID. that's it, that's the field. it's a u8, it's the ID, it's giving "i'm the identifier bestie" 🍓
• name — the manufacturer name. literally just the name of the manufacturer. sometimes things are exactly what they say they are 💅
• chips — all the supported SPI NANDs under the current manufacturer. this is your roster, your lineup, your whole squad of chips 🔥
• nchips — how many SPI NANDs are actually available in the chips array. a const size_t, so it's locked in, no funny business 💀
• ops — the manufacturer operations. the const struct spinand_manufacturer_ops * that does the doing 🫶

ngl, every single one of these is a const pointer situation except like, the obvious ones. respect the const, bestie. respect her. ✨

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

so like, if you wanna go down the rabbit hole (and you do), the kernel file is ./include/linux/mtd/spinand.h and it's full of friends:

• struct spinand_id(9)
• struct spinand_devid(9)
• struct spinand_op_variants(9)
• struct spinand_ondie_ecc_conf(9)
• struct spinand_otp_layout(9)
• struct spinand_fact_otp_ops(9)
• struct spinand_user_otp_ops(9)
• struct spinand_fact_otp(9)
• struct spinand_user_otp(9)
• enum spinand_bus_interface(9)
• struct spinand_info(9)
• struct spinand_mem_ops(9)
• struct spinand_device(9)
• mtd_to_spinand(9)
• spinand_to_mtd(9)
• nand_to_spinand(9)
• spinand_to_nand(9)
• spinand_set_of_node(9)

not me listing all eighteen of them like a stan listing their faves 😭 but fr fr, they're all family, go read them too 💜

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and that's the page!! 🧚 sourced from ./include/linux/mtd (that's the source/version, mwah) and dated October 2026 — struct spinand_manufacturer(9), slay, bye bestie!! 👑💖