ab8500_fg_clear_cap_samples(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ab8500_fg_clear_cap_samples — kernel API manual, but make it make sense 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual for ab8500_fg_clear_cap_samples, and honestly? it's a short one. a little baby function. but it's important, so let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

ab8500_fg_clear_cap_samples — clears the average filter, periodt.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void ab8500_fg_clear_cap_samples (struct ab8500_fg *di );

so she takes exactly one thing and returns nothing (void, she's giving mystery, she's giving "i don't owe you a return value"). slay.

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • di — pointer to the ab8500_fg structure. that's it. that's the whole argument. she's low maintenance like that 💅

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

the capacity filter is reset to zero. literally that's the entire plot. everything goes back to 0 and we start fresh, no cap 🫶

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay this is the part where she name-drops literally everyone in the group chat. the kernel file is ./drivers/power/supply/ab8500_fg.c, and here's the full squad:

like, the whole friend group fr fr 😭

ngl there's no warnings, no exit statuses, no environment variables on this one — it's just a lil reset and she's done. love that for her 🍓

and that's the whole page, bestie! this one came from the kernel docs under ./drivers/power/supply, dated October 2026, and it's the ab8500_fg_clear_cap_samples(9) page — short, sweet, and iconic. go clear those cap samples 💜✨🧚‍♀️

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