From 9bc8b4d27c410f62742bad6a05639ee3e13f49eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ramona Gradinariu Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 17:24:08 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] docs: iio: add documentation for interfacing tools Add documentation for IIO interfacing tools describing the available tools which can be used to retrieve data from IIO sysfs. Reference this documentation in adis16475.rst Signed-off-by: Ramona Gradinariu Reviewed-by: Nuno Sa Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240528142409.239187-6-ramona.gradinariu@analog.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cameron --- Documentation/iio/adis16475.rst | 23 ++--------------------- Documentation/iio/iio_tools.rst | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Documentation/iio/index.rst | 1 + 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) create mode 100644 Documentation/iio/iio_tools.rst diff --git a/Documentation/iio/adis16475.rst b/Documentation/iio/adis16475.rst index 130f9e97cc17..4bf0998be36e 100644 --- a/Documentation/iio/adis16475.rst +++ b/Documentation/iio/adis16475.rst @@ -380,24 +380,5 @@ data is structured. 4. IIO Interfacing Tools ======================== -Linux Kernel Tools ------------------- - -Linux Kernel provides some userspace tools that can be used to retrieve data -from IIO sysfs: - -* lsiio: example application that provides a list of IIO devices and triggers -* iio_event_monitor: example application that reads events from an IIO device - and prints them -* iio_generic_buffer: example application that reads data from buffer -* iio_utils: set of APIs, typically used to access sysfs files. - -LibIIO ------- - -LibIIO is a C/C++ library that provides generic access to IIO devices. The -library abstracts the low-level details of the hardware, and provides a simple -yet complete programming interface that can be used for advanced projects. - -For more information about LibIIO, please see: -https://github.com/analogdevicesinc/libiio +See ``Documentation/iio/iio_tools.rst`` for the description of the available IIO +interfacing tools. diff --git a/Documentation/iio/iio_tools.rst b/Documentation/iio/iio_tools.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..cc691c7f6365 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/iio/iio_tools.rst @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +===================== +IIO Interfacing Tools +===================== + +1. Linux Kernel Tools +===================== + +Linux Kernel provides some userspace tools that can be used to retrieve data +from IIO sysfs: + +* lsiio: example application that provides a list of IIO devices and triggers +* iio_event_monitor: example application that reads events from an IIO device + and prints them +* iio_generic_buffer: example application that reads data from buffer +* iio_utils: set of APIs, typically used to access sysfs files. + +2. LibIIO +========= + +LibIIO is a C/C++ library that provides generic access to IIO devices. The +library abstracts the low-level details of the hardware, and provides a simple +yet complete programming interface that can be used for advanced projects. + +For more information about LibIIO, please see: +https://github.com/analogdevicesinc/libiio diff --git a/Documentation/iio/index.rst b/Documentation/iio/index.rst index fb6f9d743211..66fa69102e3a 100644 --- a/Documentation/iio/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/iio/index.rst @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Industrial I/O iio_configfs iio_devbuf + iio_tools Industrial I/O Kernel Drivers =============================