iio_hw_consumer_enable(9)

okay so bestie, this is iio_hw_consumer_enable(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's lowkey a tiny page — but we're gonna treat it like the main character it is 💅✨

💖 NAME 💖

iio_hw_consumer_enable — Enable IIO hardware consumer</p>. Periodt. That's the whole name-and-purpose combo 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int iio_hw_consumer_enable (struct iio_hw_consumer *hwc );

Yep, that's the signature, copy it exactly, no freestyling 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• hwc — the iio_hw_consumer to enable. That's your girl right there 💖

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Returns 0 on success. That's literally the described behavior — 0 = success, slay ✅

No cap, that's all the DESCRIPTION gives us, so don't go inventing extra lore 🙈

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

Go peek at these if you're doing the whole IIO hardware consumer thing, iykyk 👑:

• kernel file ./drivers/iio/buffer/industrialio-hw-consumer.c
• struct iio_hw_consumer(9)
• iio_hw_consumer_alloc(9)
• iio_hw_consumer_free(9)
• devm_iio_hw_consumer_alloc(9)
• iio_hw_consumer_disable(9)

source/version vibes: ./drivers/iio/buffer · date stamp: October 2026 · page name: iio_hw_consumer_enable(9) — mwah, bye bestie 💋🌈