iioutils_get_param_float(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

hey bestie 💖 welcome to the glow-up of iioutils_get_param_float(9), straight from the Kernel API Manual ✨

iioutils_get_param_float — read a float value from a channel parameter 💅🎀

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int iioutils_get_param_float (float *output , const char *param_name ,
const char *device_dir , const char *name , const char *generic_name );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• output — this is where the float value gets outputted, bestie 💖
• param_name — the parameter name to read 👑
• device_dir — the IIO device directory in sysfs 🦋
• name — the channel name 🌸
• generic_name — the channel type name ⭐

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Returns a value >= 0 on success, otherwise a negative error code. That’s the whole vibe check 😭 — non-negative is slay, negative is nope.

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the whole squad, no cap 🫶:

• Kernel file ./tools/iio/iio_utils.c
• iioutils_break_up_name(9)
• iioutils_get_type(9)
• bsort_channel_array_by_index(9)
• build_channel_array(9)
• find_type_by_name(9)
• write_sysfs_int(9)
• write_sysfs_int_and_verify(9)
• write_sysfs_string_and_verify(9)
• write_sysfs_string(9)
• read_sysfs_posint(9)
• read_sysfs_float(9)
• read_sysfs_string(9)

mwah 💋 signing off from ./tools/iio, dated October 2026 🎀 periodt ✨