sht15_send_byte(9)
π sht15_send_byte(9) β the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition π
okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual β¨ this little page is all about sht15_send_byte, and honestly? it does exactly what it says on the tin. no plot twists. no cap. π«Ά
β¨ NAME β¨
sht15_send_byte β send a single byte to the device π
like. one byte. that's the whole job. she's focused, she's minimal, she's iconic. π
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
void sht15_send_byte (struct sht15_data *data , u8 byte );
returns nothing (void, she gives nothing back and that's valid π
), and it takes two things. keep reading, i gotchu.
π¦ ARGUMENTS π¦
dataβ the device state π§ this is the whole vibe of the device, all wrapped up so the function knows who it's talking to.byteβ the value to be sent π literally the byte going out the door. that's it. that's the payload.
ngl bestie, this is a two-argument situation and both of them are doing exactly what their names suggest. refreshing, honestly. π
π₯ SEE ALSO π₯
okay this is the part where the friend group shows up. the Kernel file is ./drivers/hwmon/sht15.c and here's everyone else in the extended universe, no cap:
struct sht15_temppair(9)struct sht15_data(9)sht15_crc8(9)sht15_connection_reset(9)sht15_send_bit(9)sht15_transmission_start(9)sht15_wait_for_response(9)sht15_send_cmd(9)sht15_soft_reset(9)sht15_ack(9)sht15_end_transmission(9)sht15_read_byte(9)sht15_send_status(9)sht15_update_status(9)sht15_measurement(9)sht15_update_measurements(9)sht15_calc_temp(9)sht15_calc_humid(9)sht15_status_show(9)sht15_status_store(9)sht15_temp_show(9)sht15_humidity_show(9)sht15_invalidate_voltage(9)
like, the whole sht15 squad is here and every single one of them has a (9) after their name so you know they're kernel-section famous. πβ¨
one byte at a time, bestie. that's how the whole driver gets built. π
k bye ily, this page lives in ./drivers/hwmon and it's dated October 2026 β go read the source, it's giving main character energy ππ
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms