fwnode_iio_c..._get_by_name(9)

💅 fwnode_iio_c..._get_by_name(9) 💅

okay so real talk, this one's from the Kernel API Manual and the title got truncated by the terminal, tragic, but we move. it's fwnode_iio_channel_get_by_name and it's lowkey iconic for what it promises.

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✨ NAME ✨

fwnode_iio_channel_get_by_name — bestie, this one gets you the description of all the stuff you need to actually access a channel. that's the whole vibe. 💖

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct iio_channel * fwnode_iio_channel_get_by_name (struct
       fwnode_handle *fwnode , const char *name );

like, it returns a struct iio_channel *, periodt. ✨

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• fwnode — pointer to the consumer Firmware node. that's it, that's the whole description. 🫶
• name — so… the original literally just says -- undescribed -- 😭 not me leaving a placeholder in the group chat. it's undescribed in the docs, no cap, i'm not gonna make something up for you babes. 🙈

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay this list is long but every single one of these is part of the family so we're listing them all, no skipping, i don't make the rules 💅

first up, the kernel file it lives in — ./include/linux/iio/consumer.h — and its bestie struct iio_channel(9), then:

iio_channel_get(9), iio_channel_release(9), devm_iio_channel_get(9), iio_channel_get_all(9), iio_channel_release_all(9), devm_iio_channel_get_all(9), devm_fwnode_iio_channel_get_by_name(9), iio_channel_get_all_cb(9), iio_channel_cb_set_buffer_watermark(9), iio_channel_release_all_cb(9), iio_channel_start_all_cb(9), iio_channel_stop_all_cb(9), iio_channel_cb_get_channels(9), iio_channel_cb_get_iio_dev(9), iio_read_channel_raw(9), iio_read_channel_average_raw(9), iio_read_channel_processed(9), iio_read_channel_processed_scale(9), iio_write_channel_attribute(9), iio_read_channel_attribute(9), iio_write_channel_raw(9), iio_read_max_channel_raw(9), iio_read_min_channel_raw(9), iio_read_avail_channel_raw(9), iio_read_avail_channel_attribute(9), iio_get_channel_type(9), iio_read_channel_offset(9), iio_read_channel_scale(9), iio_multiply_value(9), iio_convert_raw_to_processed(9), iio_get_channel_ext_info_count(9), iio_read_channel_ext_info(9), iio_write_channel_ext_info(9), iio_read_channel_label(9).

slay, that's the whole crew. 🔥

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ngl this page is short because upstream left name undescribed — so if you were hoping for lore, the lore is pending. 🧚

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that's the whole page bestie, and yes it's giving "short but mighty". this one's from ./include/linux/iio, dated October 2026 — so like, mark your calendars, she's from the future 💀🦋💜