ab8500_char...ick_watchdog(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ab8500_chargalg_kick_watchdog — the full kernel API manual, bestie edition 💖

okay so picture this: you're deep in the ab8500 charger algorithm, the kernel API manual is open, and you just need to know how to keep the watchdog fed. that's it. that's the page. and yes it's literally called ab8500_chargalg_kick_watchdog and honestly? iconic name. main character energy. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

ab8500_chargalg_kick_watchdog — kick the charger watchdog 🦋

like, actually kick it. it's a whole thing. no cap.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int ab8500_chargalg_kick_watchdog (struct ab8500_chargalg *di );

yep, that's the whole signature. returns an int, takes one pointer, and that pointer is named di. copy it exactly, bestie, don't get creative with the spacing 💅

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • di — pointer to the ab8500_chargalg structure. that's your whole context object. you hand it over, the function does its little watchdog kick, everyone goes home happy ✨

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so here's the tea, and it's highkey important:

the charger watchdog has to be kicked periodically whenever the charger is on. not once. not when you feel like it. periodically. like a Tamagotchi but for power management 🐣

and if you don't? the ABB will reset the system. not a warning, not a strongly-worded email, an actual reset. so like… kick it. please. 😭

bestie this is the whole point of the function — do not skip the periodic kick, the ABB does not do vibes-based leniency 💀

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

kicking off with the source itself — the kernel file lives at ./drivers/power/supply/ab8500_chargalg.c, and the struct gang is all here too. this list is long and honestly kind of a flex, so let's go through it, no skipping, we respect the lore:

🌈 and that's the whole page 🌈

kisses to the ./drivers/power/supply directory for hosting all this, dated October 2026, from the Kernel API Manual — that's the version and source info, bestie, and it's giving reference material 📚✨

go kick that watchdog. periodically. iykyk 💅🦋

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