MAXDS(4)

💖 maxds — the little temp sensor that could 💖

okay so real talk, this is maxds, a section 4 kernel interfaces manual page, and it's genuinely so cute and tiny. bestie, it's a temperature sensor driver. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

maxds — the Maxim DS1624/DS1631/DS1721 temperature sensor 🌡️✨

like, three whole model numbers, one iconic little chip family. iykyk.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

maxds* at iic?

periodt. that's the entire synopsis. she attaches at iic? and that's all she wrote 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so here's the tea: the maxds driver provides support for the Maxim DS1624/DS1631/DS1721 temperature sensor. 🫶

the sensor possesses just one accurate temperature sensor — like, one singular vibe, no extras, no bonus features, she's a one-temp wonder 😭 and that value is made available through the sysctl(8) interface.

so basically: chip reads temperature → you read it via sysctl(8) → you slay. 🔥

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• iic(4)
• intro(4)
• sensorsd(8)
• sysctl(8)

go read those too, they're all part of the ecosystem 💜

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🧚 HISTORY 🧚

the maxds driver first appeared in OpenBSD 3.9 — a true vintage icon, we stan an OG 👑

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

the maxds driver was written by Theo de Raadt <deraadt@openbsd.org> 💖

ngl, writing a whole driver for one (1) temperature sensor is main character energy fr fr 🌈

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and that's the whole page bestie, no cap, we ate and left no crumbs 💅✨

cute little sign-off: this one's from the Debian crew, dated July 16, 2013 — yeah she's got some age on her but she's still iconic 🎀💜