trigger_bulk_read(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay bestie, you're looking at trigger_bulk_read(9) from the Kernel API Manual 💖 and it is literally the function to trigger a bulk read on the bus. that's the whole name, no cap ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int trigger_bulk_read (struct w1_master *dev_master );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dev_master — the device master of the bus. hand it over like your fave snack 🍓

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

the vibe is: it sends a SKIP ROM follow by a CONVERT T command on the bus. it also set the status flag in each slave struct w1_therm_family_data to signal that a conversion is in progress. iconic behavior, fr fr 🌈

🔥 RETURN 🔥

• 0 if success
• -kernel error code otherwise

no in-between, bestie 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole SEE ALSO squad is right here, zero skips 💅

• Kernel file ./drivers/w1/slaves/w1_therm.c — struct w1_therm_family_converter(9)
• struct w1_therm_family_data(9)
• struct therm_info(9)
• reset_select_slave(9)
• convert_t(9)
• read_scratchpad(9)
• write_scratchpad(9)
• copy_scratchpad(9)
• recall_eeprom(9)
• read_powermode(9)
• w1_therm_add_slave(9)
• w1_therm_remove_slave(9)
• w1_DS18B20_convert_temp(9)
• w1_DS18S20_convert_temp(9)
• w1_DS1825_convert_temp(9)
• device_family(9)
• bus_mutex_lock(9)
• check_family_data(9)
• bulk_read_support(9)
• conversion_time(9)
• temperature_from_RAM(9)
• int_to_short(9)
• w1_poll_completion(9)

mwah 💋 this lil' page lives in ./drivers/w1/slaves, dated October 2026, and it's all trigger_bulk_read(9) energy. byeee 🫶✨