ENUM IIO_BACKEND_CAPABILITIES(9)

💅 enum iio_backend_capabilities 💅

okay so bestie, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and it's all about the enum iio_backend_capabilities — yes that's a mouthful, but we're gonna get through it together 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

enum iio_backend_capabilities — literally the backend capabilities list, bestie. Backend capabilities can be used by frontends to check if a given functionality is supported by the backend. This is useful for frontend devices which are expected to work with alternative backend implementations. Capabilities are loosely coupled with operations, meaning that a capability requires certain operations to be implemented by the backend. A capability might be mapped to a single operation or multiple operations. no cap, that's the whole vibe 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

okay so here's the actual shape of the thing, keep it exactly like this 👇

enum iio_backend_capabilities {
    IIO_BACKEND_CAP_CALIBRATION ,
    IIO_BACKEND_CAP_BUFFER ,
    IIO_BACKEND_CAP_ENABLE

};

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🎀 Constants 🎀

like, the members. the icons. the main characters. here's the vibe check on each one ✨

• IIO_BACKEND_CAP_CALIBRATION — backend supports digital interface calibration. and hear me out: the calibration procedure is device specific. so don't come asking this page for the details, it's giving "figure it out per device" 😭
• IIO_BACKEND_CAP_BUFFER — support for IIO buffer interface. slay 💅
• IIO_BACKEND_CAP_ENABLE — backend can be explicitly enabled/disabled. lowkey iconic, it's giving a light switch 🦋

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read these next, bestie, iykyk 📚

• Kernel file ./include/linux/iio/backend.h
• IIO_BACKEND_EX_INFO(9)
• struct iio_backend_data_fmt(9)
• struct iio_backend_ops(9)
• struct iio_backend_info(9)

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fr fr every single one of those references is right there in the kernel tree, don't sleep on them 💀

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okay that's the whole page, mwah 💋 sign-off time: this cutie lives under ./include/linux/iio and the date on it is October 2026 — go off, backend bestie, you ate 👑⭐