find_type_by_name(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay bestie, welcome to find_type_by_name(9) from the Kernel API Manual — this is the function to match top level types by name. periodt. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the signature is giving:

int find_type_by_name (const char *name , const char *type );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• name — top level type instance name, literally. 🎀
• type — the type of top level instance being searched. iykyk, this is the type you're searching for. 🔍

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so here's the tea: it returns the device number of a matched IIO device on success, otherwise a negative error code. no cap, that's the return vibe. typical types this is used for are device and trigger. 💖

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the kernel file is ./tools/iio/iio_utils.c, and the whole reference squad is:

• iioutils_break_up_name(9)
• iioutils_get_type(9)
• iioutils_get_param_float(9)
• bsort_channel_array_by_index(9)
• build_channel_array(9)
• write_sysfs_int(9)
• write_sysfs_int_and_verify(9)
• write_sysfs_string_and_verify(9)
• write_sysfs_string(9)
• read_sysfs_posint(9)
• read_sysfs_float(9)
• read_sysfs_string(9)

that's the whole page, bestie — source/version ./tools/iio, dated October 2026, page find_type_by_name(9) signing off 🫶💅✨