iio_get_channel_type(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 iio_get_channel_type — a lil' kernel API moment

okay so bestie, welcome to the iio_get_channel_type(9) page from the Kernel API Manual ✨ this is the one that tells you what kind of channel you're holding, and honestly? it's giving "small function, big main character energy" 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

iio_get_channel_type — get the type of a channel 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int iio_get_channel_type (struct iio_channel *channel , enum
       iio_chan_type *type );

like, that's the whole signature, no cap 🫶

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • channel — the channel being queried 👀 like, this one right here, the one you're asking about.
  • type — the type of the channel 🌈 (yes bestie, it's a pointer to the type — that's where the answer lands)

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

returns the enum iio_chan_type of the channel 🌟 that's it, that's the function, and it ate fr fr 💅

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

okay this list is long long, so buckle up babes — the kernel file ./include/linux/iio/consumer.h brings the whole squad 🧚

like… go off, cross-references 👑 every single one of them, we don't skip a single icon 💀✨

lowkey reminder bestie: this page lives down in ./include/linux/iio and it's dated October 2026 — so when you're citing it, that's the source and version, no cap 📅💖

and that's the whole page!! ty for coming to my ted talk, stay hydrated, read your headers, mwah 🍓🫶💜

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