iio_read_avail_channel_raw(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 iio_read_avail_channel_raw 💅

okay so bestie, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (the iio_read_avail_channel_raw(9) one, yes the name is a mouthful, we love her anyway 🫶), and it's genuinely so useful — it's all about reading the available raw values from a given channel. let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

iio_read_avail_channel_raw — read available raw values from a given channel 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int iio_read_avail_channel_raw (struct iio_channel *chan , const int
**vals , int *length );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • chan — the channel you're querying, bestie. that's the one you're asking about 💅
  • vals — the available values get read back into here, so this is where the good stuff lands 🦋
  • length — how many entries are chillin' in vals 👑

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so this function returns an error code, IIO_AVAIL_RANGE or IIO_AVAIL_LIST. those are your two moods, no in-between 😌

for ranges, three vals are always returned — min, step and max. that's the whole trio, periodt 🔥

for lists, all the possible values are enumerated — like every single one, she's thorough like that 💀

⚠️ note note note: if you need standard units, those raw available values from iio channels need the offset (default 0) and scale (default 1) applied, and the formula is literally (raw + offset) * scale. don't forget the parentheses, i'm begging 🙈

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the whole friend group, gathered for the occasion 🌈 — kernel file ./include/linux/iio/consumer.h and:

and that's the page, babe 💜 this lil gem came straight out of ./include/linux/iio, dated October 2026 — so go forth, read those available values, and slay ✨👑

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