baswap(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’… baswap β€” like, the manual page bestie

okay so this is baswap(9), straight out of the Kernel API Manual ✨ β€” yes it's a section 9 page, yes it's kernel API, no you don't need to be scared, i got you 🫢


🌸 NAME 🌸

baswap β€” swaps the order of a bd address πŸ’«

literally that's it. it flips the bytes. iconic behaviour tbh.


✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void baswap (bdaddr_t *dst , const bdaddr_t *src );

copy it exactly like that bestie, weird spacing and all, no cap πŸ’…


πŸŽ€ ARGUMENTS πŸŽ€

  • dst β€” pointer to a bdaddr_t struct that will store the swapped bd address. this is the glow-up destination, the after photo πŸ“Έ
  • src β€” pointer to the bdaddr_t struct to be swapped. the before photo. you're not touching this one, it stays exactly how it is, periodt.

πŸ¦‹ DESCRIPTION πŸ¦‹

so the way that this works: baswap reverses the byte order of a Bluetooth device address πŸ”₯ that's the whole vibe check. one address in, same address's bytes flipped around, no extra drama.

it's giving simple. it's giving useful. it's giving "why is this its own function" but also "thank god it is" πŸ˜­πŸ’–

ngl this one's short and sweet β€” no hidden options, no exit statuses, no environment variables, nothing to memorise. just byte-reversal realness ✨

πŸ‘‘ SEE ALSO πŸ‘‘

kernel file ./net/bluetooth/lib.c, plus all the friends in the group chat:

go say hi to them, they're all lovely 🫢🌈


and that's the whole page babes πŸ’œ this little gem lives under ./net/bluetooth, and the version/date stamp on it is October 2026 β€” so yeah, it's from the future, main character energy fr fr πŸ§šβ­πŸ’–

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