iio_backend_read_raw(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 iio_backend_read_raw — like, the Kernel API Manual page for it

okay so bestie, welcome to iio_backend_read_raw(9) 💖 this little icon grabs a channel attribute off a backend device. that's the whole vibe. no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

iio_backend_read_raw — read a channel attribute from a backend device 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int iio_backend_read_raw (struct iio_backend *back , struct
       iio_chan_spec const *chan , int *val , int *val2 , long mask );

like yes, that's a lot of parameters. breathe. we'll go through them one by one 💜

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • back — the backend device itself. your main character device, honestly 👑
  • chan — the IIO channel reference. which channel are we even talking about, iykyk
  • val — the first returned value goes in here ✨
  • val2 — and the second returned value goes here. two values, one function, slay 💅
  • mask — tells the function which attribute to hand back. specificity queen 🎯

⭐ RETURN ⭐

0 on success 🎉 and a negative error number if it flops 😭 fr fr, check it.

no lies detected: if you get a negative number back, something went wrong. don't ignore it bestie 🙈

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the kernel file itself is literally right here: ./drivers/iio/industrialio-backend.c 🫶

and here's the whole friend group, every single one of them:

okay that's the whole page, mwah 💋 this came out of ./drivers/iio and it's dated October 2026 — so yeah, future-coded of it 🌈 go read a channel attribute, you got this 🧚💜

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