ab8500_chargalg_check_temp(9)

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💖 ab8500_chargalg_check_temp — a Kernel API Manual moment (section 9, bestie) 💖

okay so picture this: it's a Kernel API Manual page, section 9, and the whole entire star of the show is ab8500_chargalg_check_temp. she's a kernel function. she checks battery temperature. she's lowkey iconic and honestly nobody talks about her enough. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

ab8500_chargalg_check_temp — the girl who checks battery temperature ranges 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void ab8500_chargalg_check_temp (struct ab8500_chargalg *di );

that's it. that's the whole vibe. no return value (she's void, she gives nothing back and honestly? respect), one argument, very demure, very mindful 💜

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • di — pointer to the ab8500_chargalg structure, i.e. your main character struct. hand her the pointer and she'll do the rest, no cap 🌸

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so what she actually does: the battery temperature gets checked against the predefined limits, and then the charge state is changed accordingly. that's the whole plot. it's giving "temperature vibe check → charge state gets updated" and honestly it eats every single time ✨

temperature out of range? state changes. no cap, no drama, just accurate bookkeeping 💖

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this list is LONG and she's connected to literally everyone, iykyk. the kernel file is ./drivers/power/supply/ab8500_chargalg.c and the squad is:

like. twenty-seven besties. it's a whole group chat and she's in all of them 💀

go read the source before you touch anything, bestie — ./drivers/power/supply/ab8500_chargalg.c is right there 🌸

and that's the page!! mwah 💋 this little gem lives in ./drivers/power/supply, and this version of the manual is dated October 2026 — write it down, screenshot it, put it in the group chat 🎀🦋💖

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