ms_sensors_tp_read_prom(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ms_sensors_tp_read_prom — from the Kernel API Manual (yes, the whole manual, we're fancy) 🎀

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let me tell you about a little function that's out here doing the most important job in the temperature/pressure world: reading the prom coefficients and checking the CRC. she's not flashy, but she's iconic.

✨ NAME ✨

ms_sensors_tp_read_prom — the prom coeff read function. that's it, that's the whole vibe. it reads prom coefficients. slay.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ms_sensors_tp_read_prom(struct ms_tp_dev *dev_data);

one function, one argument, zero drama. love that for us.

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • dev_data — a pointer to your temperature/pressure device data. this is the main character of the whole operation, so like… make sure it's actually pointing at something real, mkay? 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so what does she actually do? two things, and she does them well:

  1. reads the prom coefficients 📖
  2. checks the CRC ✅

and that's the tea. this function is built for the MS5637 and MS8607 chipsets — if you're running either of those, she's literally your girl. no cap. 🔥

👑 RETURN 👑

  • 0 — success, everything's giving flawless, we're so back 💅
  • negative errno — something went sideways, and the negative errno is there to tell you exactly what 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group, in kernel file ./drivers/iio/common/ms_sensors/ms_sensors_i2c.c:

go read all fifteen of them, bestie, i'll wait. iykyk. 🧚

💀 reminder: the dev_data pointer is the whole ballgame — it's your temperature/pressure device data and nothing else. no guessing, no vibes-based casting.

that's the whole page!! mwah!! 🍓💜

source/version: ./drivers/iio/common/ms_sensors — dated October 2026. it's giving timeless, it's giving archival, it's giving "bookmark this for later" 📌✨ bye bestie, go read some prom coefficients 💅🎀

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