comedi_bytes_to_samples(9)
โจ NAME โจ
okay bestie, welcome to the comedi_bytes_to_samples(9) page in the Kernel API Manual ๐ this one is literally here to convert a number of bytes to a number of samples. tiny utility, main character energy, no cap โจ
๐ฆ SYNOPSIS ๐ฆ
unsigned int comedi_bytes_to_samples (struct comedi_subdevice *s ,
unsigned int nbytes );
๐ ARGUMENTS ๐
sโ the COMEDI subdevice. that's the lil guy you're measuring against, bestie ๐nbytesโ Number of bytes. yes, literally how many bytes you're bringing to the function ๐ซถ
๐ธ RETURN ๐ธ
you get the number of bytes divided by the subdevice sample size. math girlies rise ๐งฎโจ fr fr.
๐ SEE ALSO ๐
start with the kernel file ./include/linux/comedi/comedidev.h, then say hi to this whole friend group ๐
struct comedi_subdevice(9)struct comedi_buf_page(9)struct comedi_buf_map(9)struct comedi_async(9)enum comedi_cb(9)struct comedi_driver(9)struct comedi_device(9)struct comedi_lrange(9)comedi_range_is_bipolar(9)comedi_range_is_unipolar(9)comedi_range_is_external(9)comedi_chan_range_is_bipolar(9)comedi_chan_range_is_unipolar(9)comedi_chan_range_is_external(9)comedi_offset_munge(9)comedi_bytes_per_sample(9)comedi_sample_shift(9)comedi_samples_to_bytes(9)comedi_check_trigger_src(9)comedi_check_trigger_is_unique(9)comedi_check_trigger_arg_is(9)comedi_check_trigger_arg_min(9)comedi_check_trigger_arg_max(9)comedi_buf_n_bytes_ready(9)__comedi_request_region(9)comedi_request_region(9)module_comedi_driver(9)
mwah ๐
this lil page lives at source/version ./include/linux/comedi, dated October 2026, and it's literally all about comedi_bytes_to_samples(9). bye bestie ๐ซถ๐
๐ฆ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- ๐ girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms