COMEDI_DIO_BITFIELD(3)

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💖 comedi_dio_bitfield(3) 💖

okay bestie so this page lives in the Comedi reference manual (that's the manual name, iykyk) and it's all about comedi_dio_bitfield — she reads and writes a whole bunch of digital channels at once. multiple. not just one. she's an overachiever, we love her for it. ✨

✨ NAME ✨

comedi_dio_bitfield — read/write multiple digital channels 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <comedilib.h>

int comedi_dio_bitfield(comedi_t * device, unsigned int subdevice,
                        unsigned int write_mask, unsigned int * bits);

like. that's the whole thing. four args. she's lowkey elegant.

💀 STATUS 💀

deprecated

yes bestie. deprecated. we're gonna get into it below. not me telling you about the retirement of a legend 😭

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so first things first, and I need you to hear me on this one: this function is deprecated. like, officially. it's giving "still works but pls move on." 🙈

so like — use comedi_dio_bitfield2 instead. that's the glow-up version.

and here's the tea: comedi_dio_bitfield is literally equivalent to using comedi_dio_bitfield2 with base_channel set to 0. that's it. that's the whole relationship. same energy, just with base_channel = 0, periodt. 👑

👑 AUTHORS 👑

these are the icons who built her. show some respect. 🫶

  • David Schleef <ds@schleef.org> — Author.
  • Frank Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net> — Author.
  • Herman Bruyninckx <Herman.Bruyninckx@mech.kuleuven.ac.be> — Author.
  • Bernd Porr <tech@linux-usb-daq.co.uk> — Author.
  • Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> — Author.
  • Éric Piel <piel@delmic.com> — Author.

okay legal moment, but make it cute. gotta keep every single line, that's the rule bestie, no skipping the boring parts 💅

  • Copyright © 1998-2003 David Schleef
  • Copyright © 2001-2003, 2005, 2008 Frank Mori Hess
  • Copyright © 2002-2003 Herman Bruyninckx
  • Copyright © 2012 Bernd Porr
  • Copyright © 2012 Ian Abbott
  • Copyright © 2012, 2015 Éric Piel

This document is part of Comedilib. In the context of this document, the term "source code" as defined by the license is interpreted as the XML source.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2.1 of the License.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.

💖 fr fr, no cap, that's the actual license text, don't come for me, I'm just the messenger.

and that's the page babes 🦋 this one ships out under the Comedi name, dated 03/20/2026 — so if you're reading this in the future, hey, you're exactly on time, iconic behavior ⭐ mwah 💅

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