comedi_nsamples_left(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, this is comedi_nsamples_left(9) from the Kernel API Manual 💖 — and it is literally about returning the number of samples left in the command. that's the whole assignment, and it ate.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

unsigned int comedi_nsamples_left (struct comedi_subdevice *s , unsigned
       int nsamples );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• s — a COMEDI subdevice. your little hardware bestie.
• nsamples — the expected number of samples. yes, that many.

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

When you call this, it returns the number of samples remaining to complete the command, or the specified expected number of samples (nsamples) — whichever one is fewer. lowkey simple, highkey useful. periodt.

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

Kernel file: ./drivers/comedi/drivers.c

• comedi_set_hw_dev(9)
• comedi_alloc_devpriv(9)
• comedi_alloc_subdevices(9)
• comedi_alloc_subdev_readback(9)
• comedi_readback_insn_read(9)
• comedi_timeout(9)
• comedi_dio_insn_config(9)
• comedi_dio_update_state(9)
• comedi_bytes_per_scan_cmd(9)
• comedi_bytes_per_scan(9)
• comedi_nscans_left(9)
• comedi_inc_scan_progress(9)
• comedi_handle_events(9)
• comedi_load_firmware(9)
• __comedi_check_request_region(9)
• comedi_check_request_region(9)
• comedi_legacy_detach(9)
• comedi_auto_config(9)
• comedi_auto_unconfig(9)
• comedi_driver_register(9)
• comedi_driver_unregister(9)

mwah 💋 source/version: ./drivers/comedi · date: October 2026 · page: comedi_nsamples_left(9)