iio_channel_get(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 iio_channel_get — kernel API manual, but make it make sense

okay so bestie, welcome to iio_channel_get(9), a kernel API manual page, and honestly? it's a little baddie. let me walk you through it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

iio_channel_get — grab the description of literally everything you need to access a channel. that's it, that's the vibe. 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct iio_channel * iio_channel_get (struct device *dev , const char *consumer_channel );

like, one function, two args, no drama 💅

👑 ARGUMENTS 👑

  • dev — pointer to the consumer device, bestie. and listen: the device name must match the name of the device as provided in the iio_map that the desired provider-to-consumer mapping was registered with. no cap, it's gotta match or this whole thing is not it 🙈
  • consumer_channel — a unique name that identifies the channel on the consumer side. it typically describes how the channel gets used inside the consumer. e.g. 'battery_voltage' — iconic example, ate, no crumbs. 🔥

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this list is long and it's giving main character energy, so buckle up 🫶

Kernel file ./include/linux/iio/consumer.h struct iio_channel(9), plus:

ngl that's a whole friend group and they all showed up 💀 but like, respectfully, read them, iykyk ✨

💖 friendly reminder: dev's name has to match what's in the iio_map for the mapping you registered. that's the one thing that'll bite you. periodt.

and that's the page, bestie 🧚 this one lives in ./include/linux/iio and it's dated October 2026 — so yeah, future-flavored manual, slay ⭐ bye luv u, go get those channels 💜

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