COMEDI_DO_INSNLIST(3)

✨ COMEDI_DO_INSNLIST ✨

okay bestie, we're in the Comedi reference manual and today's main character is comedi_do_insnlist — yes, that's the manual page name, and honestly? she deserves her own page. 💅

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🎀 NAME 🎀

comedi_do_insnlist — do a whole bunch of instructions at once, like a girlboss. no cap.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <comedilib.h>

int comedi_do_insnlist(comedi_t * device, comedi_insnlist * list);

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so here's the tea ☕ The function comedi_do_insnlist performs multiple Comedi instructions as part of one single system call. it's giving efficiency, it's giving "I refuse to waste my time".

the vibes: this function exists so you can avoid the overhead of multiple system calls. one call, many instructions, slay. 🔥

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👑 RETURN VALUE 👑

comedi_do_insnlist returns the number of successfully completed instructions. 💚

lowkey important: error information for the unsuccessful instruction is not available. like, she doesn't tattle. 😭

and if there's an error before the first instruction can even be executed, you get -1 back. oof. 💀

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🌸 AUTHORS 🌸

the icons who made this happen, we stan:

• 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.

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🫶 COPYRIGHT 🫶

the receipts, bestie:

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.

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and that's the whole page, periodt. 💅✨ this gem came to you straight from the Comedi manual, dated 03/20/2026, filed under the very iconic name COMEDI_DO_INSNLIST(3). go forth and batch those instructions, bestie 🦋🌸💖