ab8500_btemp_get_temp(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’– ab8500_btemp_get_temp β€” get battery temperature πŸ’–

okay bestie so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (section 9, kernel developer land ✨) and it's literally the tiniest little function ever, but we're still gonna do it right. it's giving "one job, does it well" energy and honestly? respect. 🫢


✨ NAME ✨

ab8500_btemp_get_temp β€” get battery temperature 🌑️

like… that's it. that's the whole vibe. it gets the battery temp. slay.


πŸŽ€ SYNOPSIS πŸŽ€

int ab8500_btemp_get_temp (struct ab8500_btemp *di );

nb: it returns an int, it takes exactly one pointer, and it's coming for your temperature reading whether you're ready or not πŸ’…


πŸ¦‹ ARGUMENTS πŸ¦‹

  • di β€” pointer to the ab8500_btemp structure ✨ that's the one and only thing you hand it. it needs the struct, it gets the struct, no cap.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Returns battery temperature. πŸ”₯🌑️

that's the entire description, bestie, i'm not even joking β€” the manpage gives us one (1) sentence and it ate. it returns the battery temperature. main character behaviour honestly.


πŸ’œ SEE ALSO πŸ’œ

first up, the kernel file this whole situation lives in:

Kernel file ./drivers/power/supply/ab8500_btemp.c

then the whole friend group of structs and (9) functions β€” go say hi, they're all iconic πŸ‘‘:


okay and for the cute little sign-off πŸŽ€ β€” this one's sourced from ./drivers/power/supply and it's dated October 2026, so yeah, we're reading a manpage from the future and it still just says "returns battery temperature." iconic. stay cozy, stay charged, and go read the whole ab8500_btemp family, iykyk πŸ’–βœ¨πŸ¦‹πŸŒΈπŸ’…

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