tools: iio: Rename generic_buffer to iio_generic_buffer
authorDaniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@intel.com>
Tue, 24 May 2016 15:03:55 +0000 (18:03 +0300)
committerJonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>
Sun, 29 May 2016 18:56:33 +0000 (19:56 +0100)
This makes it clear that generic_buffer is an IIO tool
and also complies with filename conventions in tools/iio.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>
tools/iio/Makefile
tools/iio/generic_buffer.c [deleted file]
tools/iio/iio_generic_buffer.c [new file with mode: 0644]

index 5c32e908f5761154a9ff4812a44e67495157fe97..5446d625e17d63ab977900625581eed7a0de1735 100644 (file)
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ BINDIR=usr/bin
 INSTALL_PROGRAM=install -m 755 -p
 DEL_FILE=rm -f
 
-all: iio_event_monitor lsiio generic_buffer
+all: iio_event_monitor lsiio iio_generic_buffer
 
 iio_event_monitor: iio_event_monitor.o iio_utils.o
 
 lsiio: lsiio.o iio_utils.o
 
-generic_buffer: generic_buffer.o iio_utils.o
+iio_generic_buffer: iio_generic_buffer.o iio_utils.o
 
 %.o: %.c iio_utils.h
 
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ install:
        - mkdir -p $(INSTALL_ROOT)/$(BINDIR)
        - $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) "iio_event_monitor" "$(INSTALL_ROOT)/$(BINDIR)/iio_event_monitor"
        - $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) "lsiio" "$(INSTALL_ROOT)/$(BINDIR)/lsiio"
-       - $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) "generic_buffer" "$(INSTALL_ROOT)/$(BINDIR)/generic_buffer"
+       - $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) "iio_generic_buffer" "$(INSTALL_ROOT)/$(BINDIR)/iio_generic_buffer"
 
 uninstall:
        $(DEL_FILE) "$(INSTALL_ROOT)/$(BINDIR)/iio_event_monitor"
        $(DEL_FILE) "$(INSTALL_ROOT)/$(BINDIR)/lsiio"
-       $(DEL_FILE) "$(INSTALL_ROOT)/$(BINDIR)/generic_buffer"
+       $(DEL_FILE) "$(INSTALL_ROOT)/$(BINDIR)/iio_generic_buffer"
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
-       rm -f *.o iio_event_monitor lsiio generic_buffer
+       rm -f *.o iio_event_monitor lsiio iio_generic_buffer
diff --git a/tools/iio/generic_buffer.c b/tools/iio/generic_buffer.c
deleted file mode 100644 (file)
index 2429c78..0000000
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,581 +0,0 @@
-/* Industrialio buffer test code.
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2008 Jonathan Cameron
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation.
- *
- * This program is primarily intended as an example application.
- * Reads the current buffer setup from sysfs and starts a short capture
- * from the specified device, pretty printing the result after appropriate
- * conversion.
- *
- * Command line parameters
- * generic_buffer -n <device_name> -t <trigger_name>
- * If trigger name is not specified the program assumes you want a dataready
- * trigger associated with the device and goes looking for it.
- *
- */
-
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <dirent.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <sys/dir.h>
-#include <linux/types.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <poll.h>
-#include <endian.h>
-#include <getopt.h>
-#include <inttypes.h>
-#include "iio_utils.h"
-
-/**
- * enum autochan - state for the automatic channel enabling mechanism
- */
-enum autochan {
-       AUTOCHANNELS_DISABLED,
-       AUTOCHANNELS_ENABLED,
-       AUTOCHANNELS_ACTIVE,
-};
-
-/**
- * size_from_channelarray() - calculate the storage size of a scan
- * @channels:          the channel info array
- * @num_channels:      number of channels
- *
- * Has the side effect of filling the channels[i].location values used
- * in processing the buffer output.
- **/
-int size_from_channelarray(struct iio_channel_info *channels, int num_channels)
-{
-       int bytes = 0;
-       int i = 0;
-
-       while (i < num_channels) {
-               if (bytes % channels[i].bytes == 0)
-                       channels[i].location = bytes;
-               else
-                       channels[i].location = bytes - bytes % channels[i].bytes
-                                              + channels[i].bytes;
-
-               bytes = channels[i].location + channels[i].bytes;
-               i++;
-       }
-
-       return bytes;
-}
-
-void print1byte(uint8_t input, struct iio_channel_info *info)
-{
-       /*
-        * Shift before conversion to avoid sign extension
-        * of left aligned data
-        */
-       input >>= info->shift;
-       input &= info->mask;
-       if (info->is_signed) {
-               int8_t val = (int8_t)(input << (8 - info->bits_used)) >>
-                            (8 - info->bits_used);
-               printf("%05f ", ((float)val + info->offset) * info->scale);
-       } else {
-               printf("%05f ", ((float)input + info->offset) * info->scale);
-       }
-}
-
-void print2byte(uint16_t input, struct iio_channel_info *info)
-{
-       /* First swap if incorrect endian */
-       if (info->be)
-               input = be16toh(input);
-       else
-               input = le16toh(input);
-
-       /*
-        * Shift before conversion to avoid sign extension
-        * of left aligned data
-        */
-       input >>= info->shift;
-       input &= info->mask;
-       if (info->is_signed) {
-               int16_t val = (int16_t)(input << (16 - info->bits_used)) >>
-                             (16 - info->bits_used);
-               printf("%05f ", ((float)val + info->offset) * info->scale);
-       } else {
-               printf("%05f ", ((float)input + info->offset) * info->scale);
-       }
-}
-
-void print4byte(uint32_t input, struct iio_channel_info *info)
-{
-       /* First swap if incorrect endian */
-       if (info->be)
-               input = be32toh(input);
-       else
-               input = le32toh(input);
-
-       /*
-        * Shift before conversion to avoid sign extension
-        * of left aligned data
-        */
-       input >>= info->shift;
-       input &= info->mask;
-       if (info->is_signed) {
-               int32_t val = (int32_t)(input << (32 - info->bits_used)) >>
-                             (32 - info->bits_used);
-               printf("%05f ", ((float)val + info->offset) * info->scale);
-       } else {
-               printf("%05f ", ((float)input + info->offset) * info->scale);
-       }
-}
-
-void print8byte(uint64_t input, struct iio_channel_info *info)
-{
-       /* First swap if incorrect endian */
-       if (info->be)
-               input = be64toh(input);
-       else
-               input = le64toh(input);
-
-       /*
-        * Shift before conversion to avoid sign extension
-        * of left aligned data
-        */
-       input >>= info->shift;
-       input &= info->mask;
-       if (info->is_signed) {
-               int64_t val = (int64_t)(input << (64 - info->bits_used)) >>
-                             (64 - info->bits_used);
-               /* special case for timestamp */
-               if (info->scale == 1.0f && info->offset == 0.0f)
-                       printf("%" PRId64 " ", val);
-               else
-                       printf("%05f ",
-                              ((float)val + info->offset) * info->scale);
-       } else {
-               printf("%05f ", ((float)input + info->offset) * info->scale);
-       }
-}
-
-/**
- * process_scan() - print out the values in SI units
- * @data:              pointer to the start of the scan
- * @channels:          information about the channels.
- *                     Note: size_from_channelarray must have been called first
- *                           to fill the location offsets.
- * @num_channels:      number of channels
- **/
-void process_scan(char *data,
-                 struct iio_channel_info *channels,
-                 int num_channels)
-{
-       int k;
-
-       for (k = 0; k < num_channels; k++)
-               switch (channels[k].bytes) {
-                       /* only a few cases implemented so far */
-               case 1:
-                       print1byte(*(uint8_t *)(data + channels[k].location),
-                                  &channels[k]);
-                       break;
-               case 2:
-                       print2byte(*(uint16_t *)(data + channels[k].location),
-                                  &channels[k]);
-                       break;
-               case 4:
-                       print4byte(*(uint32_t *)(data + channels[k].location),
-                                  &channels[k]);
-                       break;
-               case 8:
-                       print8byte(*(uint64_t *)(data + channels[k].location),
-                                  &channels[k]);
-                       break;
-               default:
-                       break;
-               }
-       printf("\n");
-}
-
-static int enable_disable_all_channels(char *dev_dir_name, int enable)
-{
-       const struct dirent *ent;
-       char scanelemdir[256];
-       DIR *dp;
-       int ret;
-
-       snprintf(scanelemdir, sizeof(scanelemdir),
-                FORMAT_SCAN_ELEMENTS_DIR, dev_dir_name);
-       scanelemdir[sizeof(scanelemdir)-1] = '\0';
-
-       dp = opendir(scanelemdir);
-       if (!dp) {
-               fprintf(stderr, "Enabling/disabling channels: can't open %s\n",
-                       scanelemdir);
-               return -EIO;
-       }
-
-       ret = -ENOENT;
-       while (ent = readdir(dp), ent) {
-               if (iioutils_check_suffix(ent->d_name, "_en")) {
-                       printf("%sabling: %s\n",
-                              enable ? "En" : "Dis",
-                              ent->d_name);
-                       ret = write_sysfs_int(ent->d_name, scanelemdir,
-                                             enable);
-                       if (ret < 0)
-                               fprintf(stderr, "Failed to enable/disable %s\n",
-                                       ent->d_name);
-               }
-       }
-
-       if (closedir(dp) == -1) {
-               perror("Enabling/disabling channels: "
-                      "Failed to close directory");
-               return -errno;
-       }
-       return 0;
-}
-
-void print_usage(void)
-{
-       fprintf(stderr, "Usage: generic_buffer [options]...\n"
-               "Capture, convert and output data from IIO device buffer\n"
-               "  -a         Auto-activate all available channels\n"
-               "  -c <n>     Do n conversions\n"
-               "  -e         Disable wait for event (new data)\n"
-               "  -g         Use trigger-less mode\n"
-               "  -l <n>     Set buffer length to n samples\n"
-               "  -n <name>  Set device name (mandatory)\n"
-               "  -t <name>  Set trigger name\n"
-               "  -w <n>     Set delay between reads in us (event-less mode)\n");
-}
-
-int main(int argc, char **argv)
-{
-       unsigned long num_loops = 2;
-       unsigned long timedelay = 1000000;
-       unsigned long buf_len = 128;
-
-       int ret, c, i, j, toread;
-       int fp;
-
-       int num_channels;
-       char *trigger_name = NULL, *device_name = NULL;
-       char *dev_dir_name, *buf_dir_name;
-
-       int datardytrigger = 1;
-       char *data;
-       ssize_t read_size;
-       int dev_num, trig_num;
-       char *buffer_access;
-       int scan_size;
-       int noevents = 0;
-       int notrigger = 0;
-       enum autochan autochannels = AUTOCHANNELS_DISABLED;
-       char *dummy;
-
-       struct iio_channel_info *channels;
-
-       while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "ac:egl:n:t:w:")) != -1) {
-               switch (c) {
-               case 'a':
-                       autochannels = AUTOCHANNELS_ENABLED;
-                       break;
-               case 'c':
-                       errno = 0;
-                       num_loops = strtoul(optarg, &dummy, 10);
-                       if (errno)
-                               return -errno;
-
-                       break;
-               case 'e':
-                       noevents = 1;
-                       break;
-               case 'g':
-                       notrigger = 1;
-                       break;
-               case 'l':
-                       errno = 0;
-                       buf_len = strtoul(optarg, &dummy, 10);
-                       if (errno)
-                               return -errno;
-
-                       break;
-               case 'n':
-                       device_name = optarg;
-                       break;
-               case 't':
-                       trigger_name = optarg;
-                       datardytrigger = 0;
-                       break;
-               case 'w':
-                       errno = 0;
-                       timedelay = strtoul(optarg, &dummy, 10);
-                       if (errno)
-                               return -errno;
-                       break;
-               case '?':
-                       print_usage();
-                       return -1;
-               }
-       }
-
-       if (!device_name) {
-               fprintf(stderr, "Device name not set\n");
-               print_usage();
-               return -1;
-       }
-
-       /* Find the device requested */
-       dev_num = find_type_by_name(device_name, "iio:device");
-       if (dev_num < 0) {
-               fprintf(stderr, "Failed to find the %s\n", device_name);
-               return dev_num;
-       }
-
-       printf("iio device number being used is %d\n", dev_num);
-
-       ret = asprintf(&dev_dir_name, "%siio:device%d", iio_dir, dev_num);
-       if (ret < 0)
-               return -ENOMEM;
-
-       if (!notrigger) {
-               if (!trigger_name) {
-                       /*
-                        * Build the trigger name. If it is device associated
-                        * its name is <device_name>_dev[n] where n matches
-                        * the device number found above.
-                        */
-                       ret = asprintf(&trigger_name,
-                                      "%s-dev%d", device_name, dev_num);
-                       if (ret < 0) {
-                               ret = -ENOMEM;
-                               goto error_free_dev_dir_name;
-                       }
-               }
-
-               /* Look for this "-devN" trigger */
-               trig_num = find_type_by_name(trigger_name, "trigger");
-               if (trig_num < 0) {
-                       /* OK try the simpler "-trigger" suffix instead */
-                       free(trigger_name);
-                       ret = asprintf(&trigger_name,
-                                      "%s-trigger", device_name);
-                       if (ret < 0) {
-                               ret = -ENOMEM;
-                               goto error_free_dev_dir_name;
-                       }
-               }
-
-               trig_num = find_type_by_name(trigger_name, "trigger");
-               if (trig_num < 0) {
-                       fprintf(stderr, "Failed to find the trigger %s\n",
-                               trigger_name);
-                       ret = trig_num;
-                       goto error_free_triggername;
-               }
-
-               printf("iio trigger number being used is %d\n", trig_num);
-       } else {
-               printf("trigger-less mode selected\n");
-       }
-
-       /*
-        * Parse the files in scan_elements to identify what channels are
-        * present
-        */
-       ret = build_channel_array(dev_dir_name, &channels, &num_channels);
-       if (ret) {
-               fprintf(stderr, "Problem reading scan element information\n"
-                       "diag %s\n", dev_dir_name);
-               goto error_free_triggername;
-       }
-       if (num_channels && autochannels == AUTOCHANNELS_ENABLED) {
-               fprintf(stderr, "Auto-channels selected but some channels "
-                       "are already activated in sysfs\n");
-               fprintf(stderr, "Proceeding without activating any channels\n");
-       }
-
-       if (!num_channels && autochannels == AUTOCHANNELS_ENABLED) {
-               fprintf(stderr,
-                       "No channels are enabled, enabling all channels\n");
-
-               ret = enable_disable_all_channels(dev_dir_name, 1);
-               if (ret) {
-                       fprintf(stderr, "Failed to enable all channels\n");
-                       goto error_free_triggername;
-               }
-
-               /* This flags that we need to disable the channels again */
-               autochannels = AUTOCHANNELS_ACTIVE;
-
-               ret = build_channel_array(dev_dir_name, &channels,
-                                         &num_channels);
-               if (ret) {
-                       fprintf(stderr, "Problem reading scan element "
-                               "information\n"
-                               "diag %s\n", dev_dir_name);
-                       goto error_disable_channels;
-               }
-               if (!num_channels) {
-                       fprintf(stderr, "Still no channels after "
-                               "auto-enabling, giving up\n");
-                       goto error_disable_channels;
-               }
-       }
-
-       if (!num_channels && autochannels == AUTOCHANNELS_DISABLED) {
-               fprintf(stderr,
-                       "No channels are enabled, we have nothing to scan.\n");
-               fprintf(stderr, "Enable channels manually in "
-                       FORMAT_SCAN_ELEMENTS_DIR
-                       "/*_en or pass -a to autoenable channels and "
-                       "try again.\n", dev_dir_name);
-               ret = -ENOENT;
-               goto error_free_triggername;
-       }
-
-       /*
-        * Construct the directory name for the associated buffer.
-        * As we know that the lis3l02dq has only one buffer this may
-        * be built rather than found.
-        */
-       ret = asprintf(&buf_dir_name,
-                      "%siio:device%d/buffer", iio_dir, dev_num);
-       if (ret < 0) {
-               ret = -ENOMEM;
-               goto error_free_channels;
-       }
-
-       if (!notrigger) {
-               printf("%s %s\n", dev_dir_name, trigger_name);
-               /*
-                * Set the device trigger to be the data ready trigger found
-                * above
-                */
-               ret = write_sysfs_string_and_verify("trigger/current_trigger",
-                                                   dev_dir_name,
-                                                   trigger_name);
-               if (ret < 0) {
-                       fprintf(stderr,
-                               "Failed to write current_trigger file\n");
-                       goto error_free_buf_dir_name;
-               }
-       }
-
-       /* Setup ring buffer parameters */
-       ret = write_sysfs_int("length", buf_dir_name, buf_len);
-       if (ret < 0)
-               goto error_free_buf_dir_name;
-
-       /* Enable the buffer */
-       ret = write_sysfs_int("enable", buf_dir_name, 1);
-       if (ret < 0) {
-               fprintf(stderr,
-                       "Failed to enable buffer: %s\n", strerror(-ret));
-               goto error_free_buf_dir_name;
-       }
-
-       scan_size = size_from_channelarray(channels, num_channels);
-       data = malloc(scan_size * buf_len);
-       if (!data) {
-               ret = -ENOMEM;
-               goto error_free_buf_dir_name;
-       }
-
-       ret = asprintf(&buffer_access, "/dev/iio:device%d", dev_num);
-       if (ret < 0) {
-               ret = -ENOMEM;
-               goto error_free_data;
-       }
-
-       /* Attempt to open non blocking the access dev */
-       fp = open(buffer_access, O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK);
-       if (fp == -1) { /* TODO: If it isn't there make the node */
-               ret = -errno;
-               fprintf(stderr, "Failed to open %s\n", buffer_access);
-               goto error_free_buffer_access;
-       }
-
-       for (j = 0; j < num_loops; j++) {
-               if (!noevents) {
-                       struct pollfd pfd = {
-                               .fd = fp,
-                               .events = POLLIN,
-                       };
-
-                       ret = poll(&pfd, 1, -1);
-                       if (ret < 0) {
-                               ret = -errno;
-                               goto error_close_buffer_access;
-                       } else if (ret == 0) {
-                               continue;
-                       }
-
-                       toread = buf_len;
-               } else {
-                       usleep(timedelay);
-                       toread = 64;
-               }
-
-               read_size = read(fp, data, toread * scan_size);
-               if (read_size < 0) {
-                       if (errno == EAGAIN) {
-                               fprintf(stderr, "nothing available\n");
-                               continue;
-                       } else {
-                               break;
-                       }
-               }
-               for (i = 0; i < read_size / scan_size; i++)
-                       process_scan(data + scan_size * i, channels,
-                                    num_channels);
-       }
-
-       /* Stop the buffer */
-       ret = write_sysfs_int("enable", buf_dir_name, 0);
-       if (ret < 0)
-               goto error_close_buffer_access;
-
-       if (!notrigger)
-               /* Disconnect the trigger - just write a dummy name. */
-               ret = write_sysfs_string("trigger/current_trigger",
-                                        dev_dir_name, "NULL");
-               if (ret < 0)
-                       fprintf(stderr, "Failed to write to %s\n",
-                               dev_dir_name);
-
-error_close_buffer_access:
-       if (close(fp) == -1)
-               perror("Failed to close buffer");
-
-error_free_buffer_access:
-       free(buffer_access);
-error_free_data:
-       free(data);
-error_free_buf_dir_name:
-       free(buf_dir_name);
-error_free_channels:
-       for (i = num_channels - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-               free(channels[i].name);
-               free(channels[i].generic_name);
-       }
-       free(channels);
-error_free_triggername:
-       if (datardytrigger)
-               free(trigger_name);
-error_disable_channels:
-       if (autochannels == AUTOCHANNELS_ACTIVE) {
-               ret = enable_disable_all_channels(dev_dir_name, 0);
-               if (ret)
-                       fprintf(stderr, "Failed to disable all channels\n");
-       }
-error_free_dev_dir_name:
-       free(dev_dir_name);
-
-       return ret;
-}
diff --git a/tools/iio/iio_generic_buffer.c b/tools/iio/iio_generic_buffer.c
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..2429c78
--- /dev/null
@@ -0,0 +1,581 @@
+/* Industrialio buffer test code.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2008 Jonathan Cameron
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is primarily intended as an example application.
+ * Reads the current buffer setup from sysfs and starts a short capture
+ * from the specified device, pretty printing the result after appropriate
+ * conversion.
+ *
+ * Command line parameters
+ * generic_buffer -n <device_name> -t <trigger_name>
+ * If trigger name is not specified the program assumes you want a dataready
+ * trigger associated with the device and goes looking for it.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/dir.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <poll.h>
+#include <endian.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include "iio_utils.h"
+
+/**
+ * enum autochan - state for the automatic channel enabling mechanism
+ */
+enum autochan {
+       AUTOCHANNELS_DISABLED,
+       AUTOCHANNELS_ENABLED,
+       AUTOCHANNELS_ACTIVE,
+};
+
+/**
+ * size_from_channelarray() - calculate the storage size of a scan
+ * @channels:          the channel info array
+ * @num_channels:      number of channels
+ *
+ * Has the side effect of filling the channels[i].location values used
+ * in processing the buffer output.
+ **/
+int size_from_channelarray(struct iio_channel_info *channels, int num_channels)
+{
+       int bytes = 0;
+       int i = 0;
+
+       while (i < num_channels) {
+               if (bytes % channels[i].bytes == 0)
+                       channels[i].location = bytes;
+               else
+                       channels[i].location = bytes - bytes % channels[i].bytes
+                                              + channels[i].bytes;
+
+               bytes = channels[i].location + channels[i].bytes;
+               i++;
+       }
+
+       return bytes;
+}
+
+void print1byte(uint8_t input, struct iio_channel_info *info)
+{
+       /*
+        * Shift before conversion to avoid sign extension
+        * of left aligned data
+        */
+       input >>= info->shift;
+       input &= info->mask;
+       if (info->is_signed) {
+               int8_t val = (int8_t)(input << (8 - info->bits_used)) >>
+                            (8 - info->bits_used);
+               printf("%05f ", ((float)val + info->offset) * info->scale);
+       } else {
+               printf("%05f ", ((float)input + info->offset) * info->scale);
+       }
+}
+
+void print2byte(uint16_t input, struct iio_channel_info *info)
+{
+       /* First swap if incorrect endian */
+       if (info->be)
+               input = be16toh(input);
+       else
+               input = le16toh(input);
+
+       /*
+        * Shift before conversion to avoid sign extension
+        * of left aligned data
+        */
+       input >>= info->shift;
+       input &= info->mask;
+       if (info->is_signed) {
+               int16_t val = (int16_t)(input << (16 - info->bits_used)) >>
+                             (16 - info->bits_used);
+               printf("%05f ", ((float)val + info->offset) * info->scale);
+       } else {
+               printf("%05f ", ((float)input + info->offset) * info->scale);
+       }
+}
+
+void print4byte(uint32_t input, struct iio_channel_info *info)
+{
+       /* First swap if incorrect endian */
+       if (info->be)
+               input = be32toh(input);
+       else
+               input = le32toh(input);
+
+       /*
+        * Shift before conversion to avoid sign extension
+        * of left aligned data
+        */
+       input >>= info->shift;
+       input &= info->mask;
+       if (info->is_signed) {
+               int32_t val = (int32_t)(input << (32 - info->bits_used)) >>
+                             (32 - info->bits_used);
+               printf("%05f ", ((float)val + info->offset) * info->scale);
+       } else {
+               printf("%05f ", ((float)input + info->offset) * info->scale);
+       }
+}
+
+void print8byte(uint64_t input, struct iio_channel_info *info)
+{
+       /* First swap if incorrect endian */
+       if (info->be)
+               input = be64toh(input);
+       else
+               input = le64toh(input);
+
+       /*
+        * Shift before conversion to avoid sign extension
+        * of left aligned data
+        */
+       input >>= info->shift;
+       input &= info->mask;
+       if (info->is_signed) {
+               int64_t val = (int64_t)(input << (64 - info->bits_used)) >>
+                             (64 - info->bits_used);
+               /* special case for timestamp */
+               if (info->scale == 1.0f && info->offset == 0.0f)
+                       printf("%" PRId64 " ", val);
+               else
+                       printf("%05f ",
+                              ((float)val + info->offset) * info->scale);
+       } else {
+               printf("%05f ", ((float)input + info->offset) * info->scale);
+       }
+}
+
+/**
+ * process_scan() - print out the values in SI units
+ * @data:              pointer to the start of the scan
+ * @channels:          information about the channels.
+ *                     Note: size_from_channelarray must have been called first
+ *                           to fill the location offsets.
+ * @num_channels:      number of channels
+ **/
+void process_scan(char *data,
+                 struct iio_channel_info *channels,
+                 int num_channels)
+{
+       int k;
+
+       for (k = 0; k < num_channels; k++)
+               switch (channels[k].bytes) {
+                       /* only a few cases implemented so far */
+               case 1:
+                       print1byte(*(uint8_t *)(data + channels[k].location),
+                                  &channels[k]);
+                       break;
+               case 2:
+                       print2byte(*(uint16_t *)(data + channels[k].location),
+                                  &channels[k]);
+                       break;
+               case 4:
+                       print4byte(*(uint32_t *)(data + channels[k].location),
+                                  &channels[k]);
+                       break;
+               case 8:
+                       print8byte(*(uint64_t *)(data + channels[k].location),
+                                  &channels[k]);
+                       break;
+               default:
+                       break;
+               }
+       printf("\n");
+}
+
+static int enable_disable_all_channels(char *dev_dir_name, int enable)
+{
+       const struct dirent *ent;
+       char scanelemdir[256];
+       DIR *dp;
+       int ret;
+
+       snprintf(scanelemdir, sizeof(scanelemdir),
+                FORMAT_SCAN_ELEMENTS_DIR, dev_dir_name);
+       scanelemdir[sizeof(scanelemdir)-1] = '\0';
+
+       dp = opendir(scanelemdir);
+       if (!dp) {
+               fprintf(stderr, "Enabling/disabling channels: can't open %s\n",
+                       scanelemdir);
+               return -EIO;
+       }
+
+       ret = -ENOENT;
+       while (ent = readdir(dp), ent) {
+               if (iioutils_check_suffix(ent->d_name, "_en")) {
+                       printf("%sabling: %s\n",
+                              enable ? "En" : "Dis",
+                              ent->d_name);
+                       ret = write_sysfs_int(ent->d_name, scanelemdir,
+                                             enable);
+                       if (ret < 0)
+                               fprintf(stderr, "Failed to enable/disable %s\n",
+                                       ent->d_name);
+               }
+       }
+
+       if (closedir(dp) == -1) {
+               perror("Enabling/disabling channels: "
+                      "Failed to close directory");
+               return -errno;
+       }
+       return 0;
+}
+
+void print_usage(void)
+{
+       fprintf(stderr, "Usage: generic_buffer [options]...\n"
+               "Capture, convert and output data from IIO device buffer\n"
+               "  -a         Auto-activate all available channels\n"
+               "  -c <n>     Do n conversions\n"
+               "  -e         Disable wait for event (new data)\n"
+               "  -g         Use trigger-less mode\n"
+               "  -l <n>     Set buffer length to n samples\n"
+               "  -n <name>  Set device name (mandatory)\n"
+               "  -t <name>  Set trigger name\n"
+               "  -w <n>     Set delay between reads in us (event-less mode)\n");
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+       unsigned long num_loops = 2;
+       unsigned long timedelay = 1000000;
+       unsigned long buf_len = 128;
+
+       int ret, c, i, j, toread;
+       int fp;
+
+       int num_channels;
+       char *trigger_name = NULL, *device_name = NULL;
+       char *dev_dir_name, *buf_dir_name;
+
+       int datardytrigger = 1;
+       char *data;
+       ssize_t read_size;
+       int dev_num, trig_num;
+       char *buffer_access;
+       int scan_size;
+       int noevents = 0;
+       int notrigger = 0;
+       enum autochan autochannels = AUTOCHANNELS_DISABLED;
+       char *dummy;
+
+       struct iio_channel_info *channels;
+
+       while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "ac:egl:n:t:w:")) != -1) {
+               switch (c) {
+               case 'a':
+                       autochannels = AUTOCHANNELS_ENABLED;
+                       break;
+               case 'c':
+                       errno = 0;
+                       num_loops = strtoul(optarg, &dummy, 10);
+                       if (errno)
+                               return -errno;
+
+                       break;
+               case 'e':
+                       noevents = 1;
+                       break;
+               case 'g':
+                       notrigger = 1;
+                       break;
+               case 'l':
+                       errno = 0;
+                       buf_len = strtoul(optarg, &dummy, 10);
+                       if (errno)
+                               return -errno;
+
+                       break;
+               case 'n':
+                       device_name = optarg;
+                       break;
+               case 't':
+                       trigger_name = optarg;
+                       datardytrigger = 0;
+                       break;
+               case 'w':
+                       errno = 0;
+                       timedelay = strtoul(optarg, &dummy, 10);
+                       if (errno)
+                               return -errno;
+                       break;
+               case '?':
+                       print_usage();
+                       return -1;
+               }
+       }
+
+       if (!device_name) {
+               fprintf(stderr, "Device name not set\n");
+               print_usage();
+               return -1;
+       }
+
+       /* Find the device requested */
+       dev_num = find_type_by_name(device_name, "iio:device");
+       if (dev_num < 0) {
+               fprintf(stderr, "Failed to find the %s\n", device_name);
+               return dev_num;
+       }
+
+       printf("iio device number being used is %d\n", dev_num);
+
+       ret = asprintf(&dev_dir_name, "%siio:device%d", iio_dir, dev_num);
+       if (ret < 0)
+               return -ENOMEM;
+
+       if (!notrigger) {
+               if (!trigger_name) {
+                       /*
+                        * Build the trigger name. If it is device associated
+                        * its name is <device_name>_dev[n] where n matches
+                        * the device number found above.
+                        */
+                       ret = asprintf(&trigger_name,
+                                      "%s-dev%d", device_name, dev_num);
+                       if (ret < 0) {
+                               ret = -ENOMEM;
+                               goto error_free_dev_dir_name;
+                       }
+               }
+
+               /* Look for this "-devN" trigger */
+               trig_num = find_type_by_name(trigger_name, "trigger");
+               if (trig_num < 0) {
+                       /* OK try the simpler "-trigger" suffix instead */
+                       free(trigger_name);
+                       ret = asprintf(&trigger_name,
+                                      "%s-trigger", device_name);
+                       if (ret < 0) {
+                               ret = -ENOMEM;
+                               goto error_free_dev_dir_name;
+                       }
+               }
+
+               trig_num = find_type_by_name(trigger_name, "trigger");
+               if (trig_num < 0) {
+                       fprintf(stderr, "Failed to find the trigger %s\n",
+                               trigger_name);
+                       ret = trig_num;
+                       goto error_free_triggername;
+               }
+
+               printf("iio trigger number being used is %d\n", trig_num);
+       } else {
+               printf("trigger-less mode selected\n");
+       }
+
+       /*
+        * Parse the files in scan_elements to identify what channels are
+        * present
+        */
+       ret = build_channel_array(dev_dir_name, &channels, &num_channels);
+       if (ret) {
+               fprintf(stderr, "Problem reading scan element information\n"
+                       "diag %s\n", dev_dir_name);
+               goto error_free_triggername;
+       }
+       if (num_channels && autochannels == AUTOCHANNELS_ENABLED) {
+               fprintf(stderr, "Auto-channels selected but some channels "
+                       "are already activated in sysfs\n");
+               fprintf(stderr, "Proceeding without activating any channels\n");
+       }
+
+       if (!num_channels && autochannels == AUTOCHANNELS_ENABLED) {
+               fprintf(stderr,
+                       "No channels are enabled, enabling all channels\n");
+
+               ret = enable_disable_all_channels(dev_dir_name, 1);
+               if (ret) {
+                       fprintf(stderr, "Failed to enable all channels\n");
+                       goto error_free_triggername;
+               }
+
+               /* This flags that we need to disable the channels again */
+               autochannels = AUTOCHANNELS_ACTIVE;
+
+               ret = build_channel_array(dev_dir_name, &channels,
+                                         &num_channels);
+               if (ret) {
+                       fprintf(stderr, "Problem reading scan element "
+                               "information\n"
+                               "diag %s\n", dev_dir_name);
+                       goto error_disable_channels;
+               }
+               if (!num_channels) {
+                       fprintf(stderr, "Still no channels after "
+                               "auto-enabling, giving up\n");
+                       goto error_disable_channels;
+               }
+       }
+
+       if (!num_channels && autochannels == AUTOCHANNELS_DISABLED) {
+               fprintf(stderr,
+                       "No channels are enabled, we have nothing to scan.\n");
+               fprintf(stderr, "Enable channels manually in "
+                       FORMAT_SCAN_ELEMENTS_DIR
+                       "/*_en or pass -a to autoenable channels and "
+                       "try again.\n", dev_dir_name);
+               ret = -ENOENT;
+               goto error_free_triggername;
+       }
+
+       /*
+        * Construct the directory name for the associated buffer.
+        * As we know that the lis3l02dq has only one buffer this may
+        * be built rather than found.
+        */
+       ret = asprintf(&buf_dir_name,
+                      "%siio:device%d/buffer", iio_dir, dev_num);
+       if (ret < 0) {
+               ret = -ENOMEM;
+               goto error_free_channels;
+       }
+
+       if (!notrigger) {
+               printf("%s %s\n", dev_dir_name, trigger_name);
+               /*
+                * Set the device trigger to be the data ready trigger found
+                * above
+                */
+               ret = write_sysfs_string_and_verify("trigger/current_trigger",
+                                                   dev_dir_name,
+                                                   trigger_name);
+               if (ret < 0) {
+                       fprintf(stderr,
+                               "Failed to write current_trigger file\n");
+                       goto error_free_buf_dir_name;
+               }
+       }
+
+       /* Setup ring buffer parameters */
+       ret = write_sysfs_int("length", buf_dir_name, buf_len);
+       if (ret < 0)
+               goto error_free_buf_dir_name;
+
+       /* Enable the buffer */
+       ret = write_sysfs_int("enable", buf_dir_name, 1);
+       if (ret < 0) {
+               fprintf(stderr,
+                       "Failed to enable buffer: %s\n", strerror(-ret));
+               goto error_free_buf_dir_name;
+       }
+
+       scan_size = size_from_channelarray(channels, num_channels);
+       data = malloc(scan_size * buf_len);
+       if (!data) {
+               ret = -ENOMEM;
+               goto error_free_buf_dir_name;
+       }
+
+       ret = asprintf(&buffer_access, "/dev/iio:device%d", dev_num);
+       if (ret < 0) {
+               ret = -ENOMEM;
+               goto error_free_data;
+       }
+
+       /* Attempt to open non blocking the access dev */
+       fp = open(buffer_access, O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK);
+       if (fp == -1) { /* TODO: If it isn't there make the node */
+               ret = -errno;
+               fprintf(stderr, "Failed to open %s\n", buffer_access);
+               goto error_free_buffer_access;
+       }
+
+       for (j = 0; j < num_loops; j++) {
+               if (!noevents) {
+                       struct pollfd pfd = {
+                               .fd = fp,
+                               .events = POLLIN,
+                       };
+
+                       ret = poll(&pfd, 1, -1);
+                       if (ret < 0) {
+                               ret = -errno;
+                               goto error_close_buffer_access;
+                       } else if (ret == 0) {
+                               continue;
+                       }
+
+                       toread = buf_len;
+               } else {
+                       usleep(timedelay);
+                       toread = 64;
+               }
+
+               read_size = read(fp, data, toread * scan_size);
+               if (read_size < 0) {
+                       if (errno == EAGAIN) {
+                               fprintf(stderr, "nothing available\n");
+                               continue;
+                       } else {
+                               break;
+                       }
+               }
+               for (i = 0; i < read_size / scan_size; i++)
+                       process_scan(data + scan_size * i, channels,
+                                    num_channels);
+       }
+
+       /* Stop the buffer */
+       ret = write_sysfs_int("enable", buf_dir_name, 0);
+       if (ret < 0)
+               goto error_close_buffer_access;
+
+       if (!notrigger)
+               /* Disconnect the trigger - just write a dummy name. */
+               ret = write_sysfs_string("trigger/current_trigger",
+                                        dev_dir_name, "NULL");
+               if (ret < 0)
+                       fprintf(stderr, "Failed to write to %s\n",
+                               dev_dir_name);
+
+error_close_buffer_access:
+       if (close(fp) == -1)
+               perror("Failed to close buffer");
+
+error_free_buffer_access:
+       free(buffer_access);
+error_free_data:
+       free(data);
+error_free_buf_dir_name:
+       free(buf_dir_name);
+error_free_channels:
+       for (i = num_channels - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+               free(channels[i].name);
+               free(channels[i].generic_name);
+       }
+       free(channels);
+error_free_triggername:
+       if (datardytrigger)
+               free(trigger_name);
+error_disable_channels:
+       if (autochannels == AUTOCHANNELS_ACTIVE) {
+               ret = enable_disable_all_channels(dev_dir_name, 0);
+               if (ret)
+                       fprintf(stderr, "Failed to disable all channels\n");
+       }
+error_free_dev_dir_name:
+       free(dev_dir_name);
+
+       return ret;
+}