ms_sensors_read_prom_word(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ms_sensors_read_prom_word(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ and more specifically to ms_sensors_read_prom_word, the ninth-section page that's giving "tiny but crucial" energy 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

ms_sensors_read_prom_word — the PROM word read function 💖 like, the whole function. that's her job. that's her whole personality. and honestly? she ate.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ms_sensors_read_prom_word (void *cli , int cmd , u16 *word );

that's the whole signature, no cap 🫶 three little args and a dream.

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • cli — pointer to device client. it's the device buddy you're talking to, fr fr.
  • cmd — PROM read cmd. and like, it depends on the device and on the prom id, so don't come for me if it's not one fixed value, it's giving "situational" 💅
  • word — pointer to the word destination value. this is where the word goes. she's the landing spot. the final destination. main character of the output 🌈

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

generic i2c prom word read function for Measurement Specialties devices ✨ that's it, that's the vibe — one lil generic helper doing the PROM-reading thing for the whole Measurement Specialties family of devices 🧚 lowkey iconic of her.

🎀 RETURN 🎀

  • 0 on success 🎉 slay
  • negative errno otherwise 😭 so like, if it's negative, something went sideways, check your errno bestie

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file itself, in all her glory:

./drivers/iio/common/ms_sensors/ms_sensors_i2c.c

and the whole friend group 💜 go say hi:

and that's the page!! 🫶 mwah 💋 this lived at ./drivers/iio/common/ms_sensors and was dated October 2026 — ty bestie for reading, go read some PROM words, ily, periodt 💖✨🎀

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