w1_read_8(9)

💅 w1_read_8 — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the w1_read_8(9) glow-up 🎀 this is the page for reading 8 bits off the 1-wire bus and honestly? it's giving short king energy. no cap, it's a tiny function and it knows it 👑

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🌸 NAME 🌸

w1_read_8 — literally just reads 8 bits. that's it. that's the whole job 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

u8 w1_read_8 (struct w1_master *dev );

like, you hand it a master device and it hands you back a u8. iconic behavior fr fr 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dev — the master device 💅 this is the main character of the call, the whole 1-wire boss energy, you pass it in and it does the thing

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

the byte read 🔥 that's the prize, that's what you came for, one whole byte, no more no less, slay

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

listen, the kernel file lives at ./drivers/w1/w1_io.c and it's lowkey the mothership of all this 🧚 if you're vibing with w1_read_8(9) you have to meet the rest of the friend group, they're all in their own (9) era:

• w1_touch_bit(9)
• w1_write_bit(9)
• w1_pre_write(9)
• w1_post_write(9)
• w1_write_8(9)
• w1_read_bit(9)
• w1_triplet(9)
• w1_write_block(9)
• w1_touch_block(9)
• w1_read_block(9)
• w1_reset_bus(9)
• w1_reset_select_slave(9)
• w1_reset_resume_command(9)
• w1_next_pullup(9)

the whole squad!! go say hi, they don't bite 💜✨

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ok that's the whole page bestie, go read those 8 bits and live your truth 💖

sign-off szn 🎀 this lil masterpiece came from ./drivers/w1, dated October 2026, and it's filed under w1_read_8(9) — periodt 💅👑