Adding upstream version 6.1.76.upstream/6.1.76

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

8 files changed, 2557 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/iio/.gitignore b/tools/iio/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5bd6f4df9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/iio/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+iio_event_monitor
+iio_generic_buffer
+lsiio
+include/
diff --git a/tools/iio/Build b/tools/iio/Build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d0f3af37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/iio/Build
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+iio_utils-y += iio_utils.o
+lsiio-y += lsiio.o iio_utils.o
+iio_event_monitor-y += iio_event_monitor.o iio_utils.o
+iio_generic_buffer-y += iio_generic_buffer.o iio_utils.o
diff --git a/tools/iio/Makefile b/tools/iio/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa720f062
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/iio/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+include ../scripts/Makefile.include
+
+bindir ?= /usr/bin
+
+ifeq ($(srctree),)
+srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(CURDIR)))
+srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
+endif
+
+# Do not use make's built-in rules
+# (this improves performance and avoids hard-to-debug behaviour);
+MAKEFLAGS += -r
+
+override CFLAGS += -O2 -Wall -g -D_GNU_SOURCE -I$(OUTPUT)include
+
+ALL_TARGETS := iio_event_monitor lsiio iio_generic_buffer
+ALL_PROGRAMS := $(patsubst %,$(OUTPUT)%,$(ALL_TARGETS))
+
+all: $(ALL_PROGRAMS)
+
+export srctree OUTPUT CC LD CFLAGS
+include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.include
+
+#
+# We need the following to be outside of kernel tree
+#
+$(OUTPUT)include/linux/iio: ../../include/uapi/linux/iio
+	mkdir -p $(OUTPUT)include/linux/iio 2>&1 || true
+	ln -sf $(CURDIR)/../../include/uapi/linux/iio/buffer.h $@
+	ln -sf $(CURDIR)/../../include/uapi/linux/iio/events.h $@
+	ln -sf $(CURDIR)/../../include/uapi/linux/iio/types.h $@
+
+prepare: $(OUTPUT)include/linux/iio
+
+IIO_UTILS_IN := $(OUTPUT)iio_utils-in.o
+$(IIO_UTILS_IN): prepare FORCE
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=iio_utils
+
+LSIIO_IN := $(OUTPUT)lsiio-in.o
+$(LSIIO_IN): prepare FORCE $(OUTPUT)iio_utils-in.o
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=lsiio
+$(OUTPUT)lsiio: $(LSIIO_IN)
+	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $< -o $@
+
+IIO_EVENT_MONITOR_IN := $(OUTPUT)iio_event_monitor-in.o
+$(IIO_EVENT_MONITOR_IN): prepare FORCE $(OUTPUT)iio_utils-in.o
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=iio_event_monitor
+$(OUTPUT)iio_event_monitor: $(IIO_EVENT_MONITOR_IN)
+	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $< -o $@
+
+IIO_GENERIC_BUFFER_IN := $(OUTPUT)iio_generic_buffer-in.o
+$(IIO_GENERIC_BUFFER_IN): prepare FORCE $(OUTPUT)iio_utils-in.o
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=iio_generic_buffer
+$(OUTPUT)iio_generic_buffer: $(IIO_GENERIC_BUFFER_IN)
+	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $< -o $@
+
+clean:
+	rm -f $(ALL_PROGRAMS)
+	rm -rf $(OUTPUT)include/linux/iio
+	find $(or $(OUTPUT),.) -name '*.o' -delete -o -name '\.*.d' -delete
+
+install: $(ALL_PROGRAMS)
+	install -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(bindir);		\
+	for program in $(ALL_PROGRAMS); do		\
+		install $$program $(DESTDIR)$(bindir);	\
+	done
+
+FORCE:
+
+.PHONY: all install clean FORCE prepare
diff --git a/tools/iio/iio_event_monitor.c b/tools/iio/iio_event_monitor.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a5c2bb60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/iio/iio_event_monitor.c
@@ -0,0 +1,444 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/* Industrialio event test code.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2011-2012 Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>
+ *
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * Usage:
+ *	iio_event_monitor <device_name>
+ */
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <poll.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include "iio_utils.h"
+#include <linux/iio/events.h>
+#include <linux/iio/types.h>
+
+static const char * const iio_chan_type_name_spec[] = {
+	[IIO_VOLTAGE] = "voltage",
+	[IIO_CURRENT] = "current",
+	[IIO_POWER] = "power",
+	[IIO_ACCEL] = "accel",
+	[IIO_ANGL_VEL] = "anglvel",
+	[IIO_MAGN] = "magn",
+	[IIO_LIGHT] = "illuminance",
+	[IIO_INTENSITY] = "intensity",
+	[IIO_PROXIMITY] = "proximity",
+	[IIO_TEMP] = "temp",
+	[IIO_INCLI] = "incli",
+	[IIO_ROT] = "rot",
+	[IIO_ANGL] = "angl",
+	[IIO_TIMESTAMP] = "timestamp",
+	[IIO_CAPACITANCE] = "capacitance",
+	[IIO_ALTVOLTAGE] = "altvoltage",
+	[IIO_CCT] = "cct",
+	[IIO_PRESSURE] = "pressure",
+	[IIO_HUMIDITYRELATIVE] = "humidityrelative",
+	[IIO_ACTIVITY] = "activity",
+	[IIO_STEPS] = "steps",
+	[IIO_ENERGY] = "energy",
+	[IIO_DISTANCE] = "distance",
+	[IIO_VELOCITY] = "velocity",
+	[IIO_CONCENTRATION] = "concentration",
+	[IIO_RESISTANCE] = "resistance",
+	[IIO_PH] = "ph",
+	[IIO_UVINDEX] = "uvindex",
+	[IIO_GRAVITY] = "gravity",
+	[IIO_POSITIONRELATIVE] = "positionrelative",
+	[IIO_PHASE] = "phase",
+	[IIO_MASSCONCENTRATION] = "massconcentration",
+};
+
+static const char * const iio_ev_type_text[] = {
+	[IIO_EV_TYPE_THRESH] = "thresh",
+	[IIO_EV_TYPE_MAG] = "mag",
+	[IIO_EV_TYPE_ROC] = "roc",
+	[IIO_EV_TYPE_THRESH_ADAPTIVE] = "thresh_adaptive",
+	[IIO_EV_TYPE_MAG_ADAPTIVE] = "mag_adaptive",
+	[IIO_EV_TYPE_CHANGE] = "change",
+	[IIO_EV_TYPE_MAG_REFERENCED] = "mag_referenced",
+	[IIO_EV_TYPE_GESTURE] = "gesture",
+};
+
+static const char * const iio_ev_dir_text[] = {
+	[IIO_EV_DIR_EITHER] = "either",
+	[IIO_EV_DIR_RISING] = "rising",
+	[IIO_EV_DIR_FALLING] = "falling",
+	[IIO_EV_DIR_SINGLETAP] = "singletap",
+	[IIO_EV_DIR_DOUBLETAP] = "doubletap",
+};
+
+static const char * const iio_modifier_names[] = {
+	[IIO_MOD_X] = "x",
+	[IIO_MOD_Y] = "y",
+	[IIO_MOD_Z] = "z",
+	[IIO_MOD_X_AND_Y] = "x&y",
+	[IIO_MOD_X_AND_Z] = "x&z",
+	[IIO_MOD_Y_AND_Z] = "y&z",
+	[IIO_MOD_X_AND_Y_AND_Z] = "x&y&z",
+	[IIO_MOD_X_OR_Y] = "x|y",
+	[IIO_MOD_X_OR_Z] = "x|z",
+	[IIO_MOD_Y_OR_Z] = "y|z",
+	[IIO_MOD_X_OR_Y_OR_Z] = "x|y|z",
+	[IIO_MOD_LIGHT_BOTH] = "both",
+	[IIO_MOD_LIGHT_IR] = "ir",
+	[IIO_MOD_ROOT_SUM_SQUARED_X_Y] = "sqrt(x^2+y^2)",
+	[IIO_MOD_SUM_SQUARED_X_Y_Z] = "x^2+y^2+z^2",
+	[IIO_MOD_LIGHT_CLEAR] = "clear",
+	[IIO_MOD_LIGHT_RED] = "red",
+	[IIO_MOD_LIGHT_GREEN] = "green",
+	[IIO_MOD_LIGHT_BLUE] = "blue",
+	[IIO_MOD_LIGHT_UV] = "uv",
+	[IIO_MOD_LIGHT_DUV] = "duv",
+	[IIO_MOD_QUATERNION] = "quaternion",
+	[IIO_MOD_TEMP_AMBIENT] = "ambient",
+	[IIO_MOD_TEMP_OBJECT] = "object",
+	[IIO_MOD_NORTH_MAGN] = "from_north_magnetic",
+	[IIO_MOD_NORTH_TRUE] = "from_north_true",
+	[IIO_MOD_NORTH_MAGN_TILT_COMP] = "from_north_magnetic_tilt_comp",
+	[IIO_MOD_NORTH_TRUE_TILT_COMP] = "from_north_true_tilt_comp",
+	[IIO_MOD_RUNNING] = "running",
+	[IIO_MOD_JOGGING] = "jogging",
+	[IIO_MOD_WALKING] = "walking",
+	[IIO_MOD_STILL] = "still",
+	[IIO_MOD_ROOT_SUM_SQUARED_X_Y_Z] = "sqrt(x^2+y^2+z^2)",
+	[IIO_MOD_I] = "i",
+	[IIO_MOD_Q] = "q",
+	[IIO_MOD_CO2] = "co2",
+	[IIO_MOD_ETHANOL] = "ethanol",
+	[IIO_MOD_H2] = "h2",
+	[IIO_MOD_VOC] = "voc",
+	[IIO_MOD_PM1] = "pm1",
+	[IIO_MOD_PM2P5] = "pm2p5",
+	[IIO_MOD_PM4] = "pm4",
+	[IIO_MOD_PM10] = "pm10",
+	[IIO_MOD_O2] = "o2",
+	[IIO_MOD_LINEAR_X] = "linear_x",
+	[IIO_MOD_LINEAR_Y] = "linear_y",
+	[IIO_MOD_LINEAR_Z] = "linear_z",
+	[IIO_MOD_PITCH] = "pitch",
+	[IIO_MOD_YAW] = "yaw",
+	[IIO_MOD_ROLL] = "roll",
+};
+
+static bool event_is_known(struct iio_event_data *event)
+{
+	enum iio_chan_type type = IIO_EVENT_CODE_EXTRACT_CHAN_TYPE(event->id);
+	enum iio_modifier mod = IIO_EVENT_CODE_EXTRACT_MODIFIER(event->id);
+	enum iio_event_type ev_type = IIO_EVENT_CODE_EXTRACT_TYPE(event->id);
+	enum iio_event_direction dir = IIO_EVENT_CODE_EXTRACT_DIR(event->id);
+
+	switch (type) {
+	case IIO_VOLTAGE:
+	case IIO_CURRENT:
+	case IIO_POWER:
+	case IIO_ACCEL:
+	case IIO_ANGL_VEL:
+	case IIO_MAGN:
+	case IIO_LIGHT:
+	case IIO_INTENSITY:
+	case IIO_PROXIMITY:
+	case IIO_TEMP:
+	case IIO_INCLI:
+	case IIO_ROT:
+	case IIO_ANGL:
+	case IIO_TIMESTAMP:
+	case IIO_CAPACITANCE:
+	case IIO_ALTVOLTAGE:
+	case IIO_CCT:
+	case IIO_PRESSURE:
+	case IIO_HUMIDITYRELATIVE:
+	case IIO_ACTIVITY:
+	case IIO_STEPS:
+	case IIO_ENERGY:
+	case IIO_DISTANCE:
+	case IIO_VELOCITY:
+	case IIO_CONCENTRATION:
+	case IIO_RESISTANCE:
+	case IIO_PH:
+	case IIO_UVINDEX:
+	case IIO_GRAVITY:
+	case IIO_POSITIONRELATIVE:
+	case IIO_PHASE:
+	case IIO_MASSCONCENTRATION:
+		break;
+	default:
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	switch (mod) {
+	case IIO_NO_MOD:
+	case IIO_MOD_X:
+	case IIO_MOD_Y:
+	case IIO_MOD_Z:
+	case IIO_MOD_X_AND_Y:
+	case IIO_MOD_X_AND_Z:
+	case IIO_MOD_Y_AND_Z:
+	case IIO_MOD_X_AND_Y_AND_Z:
+	case IIO_MOD_X_OR_Y:
+	case IIO_MOD_X_OR_Z:
+	case IIO_MOD_Y_OR_Z:
+	case IIO_MOD_X_OR_Y_OR_Z:
+	case IIO_MOD_LIGHT_BOTH:
+	case IIO_MOD_LIGHT_IR:
+	case IIO_MOD_ROOT_SUM_SQUARED_X_Y:
+	case IIO_MOD_SUM_SQUARED_X_Y_Z:
+	case IIO_MOD_LIGHT_CLEAR:
+	case IIO_MOD_LIGHT_RED:
+	case IIO_MOD_LIGHT_GREEN:
+	case IIO_MOD_LIGHT_BLUE:
+	case IIO_MOD_LIGHT_UV:
+	case IIO_MOD_LIGHT_DUV:
+	case IIO_MOD_QUATERNION:
+	case IIO_MOD_TEMP_AMBIENT:
+	case IIO_MOD_TEMP_OBJECT:
+	case IIO_MOD_NORTH_MAGN:
+	case IIO_MOD_NORTH_TRUE:
+	case IIO_MOD_NORTH_MAGN_TILT_COMP:
+	case IIO_MOD_NORTH_TRUE_TILT_COMP:
+	case IIO_MOD_RUNNING:
+	case IIO_MOD_JOGGING:
+	case IIO_MOD_WALKING:
+	case IIO_MOD_STILL:
+	case IIO_MOD_ROOT_SUM_SQUARED_X_Y_Z:
+	case IIO_MOD_I:
+	case IIO_MOD_Q:
+	case IIO_MOD_CO2:
+	case IIO_MOD_ETHANOL:
+	case IIO_MOD_H2:
+	case IIO_MOD_VOC:
+	case IIO_MOD_PM1:
+	case IIO_MOD_PM2P5:
+	case IIO_MOD_PM4:
+	case IIO_MOD_PM10:
+	case IIO_MOD_O2:
+		break;
+	default:
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	switch (ev_type) {
+	case IIO_EV_TYPE_THRESH:
+	case IIO_EV_TYPE_MAG:
+	case IIO_EV_TYPE_ROC:
+	case IIO_EV_TYPE_THRESH_ADAPTIVE:
+	case IIO_EV_TYPE_MAG_ADAPTIVE:
+	case IIO_EV_TYPE_CHANGE:
+	case IIO_EV_TYPE_GESTURE:
+		break;
+	default:
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	switch (dir) {
+	case IIO_EV_DIR_EITHER:
+	case IIO_EV_DIR_RISING:
+	case IIO_EV_DIR_FALLING:
+	case IIO_EV_DIR_SINGLETAP:
+	case IIO_EV_DIR_DOUBLETAP:
+	case IIO_EV_DIR_NONE:
+		break;
+	default:
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+static void print_event(struct iio_event_data *event)
+{
+	enum iio_chan_type type = IIO_EVENT_CODE_EXTRACT_CHAN_TYPE(event->id);
+	enum iio_modifier mod = IIO_EVENT_CODE_EXTRACT_MODIFIER(event->id);
+	enum iio_event_type ev_type = IIO_EVENT_CODE_EXTRACT_TYPE(event->id);
+	enum iio_event_direction dir = IIO_EVENT_CODE_EXTRACT_DIR(event->id);
+	int chan = IIO_EVENT_CODE_EXTRACT_CHAN(event->id);
+	int chan2 = IIO_EVENT_CODE_EXTRACT_CHAN2(event->id);
+	bool diff = IIO_EVENT_CODE_EXTRACT_DIFF(event->id);
+
+	if (!event_is_known(event)) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Unknown event: time: %lld, id: %llx\n",
+			event->timestamp, event->id);
+
+		return;
+	}
+
+	printf("Event: time: %lld, type: %s", event->timestamp,
+	       iio_chan_type_name_spec[type]);
+
+	if (mod != IIO_NO_MOD)
+		printf("(%s)", iio_modifier_names[mod]);
+
+	if (chan >= 0) {
+		printf(", channel: %d", chan);
+		if (diff && chan2 >= 0)
+			printf("-%d", chan2);
+	}
+
+	printf(", evtype: %s", iio_ev_type_text[ev_type]);
+
+	if (dir != IIO_EV_DIR_NONE)
+		printf(", direction: %s", iio_ev_dir_text[dir]);
+
+	printf("\n");
+	fflush(stdout);
+}
+
+/* Enable or disable events in sysfs if the knob is available */
+static void enable_events(char *dev_dir, int enable)
+{
+	const struct dirent *ent;
+	char evdir[256];
+	int ret;
+	DIR *dp;
+
+	snprintf(evdir, sizeof(evdir), FORMAT_EVENTS_DIR, dev_dir);
+	evdir[sizeof(evdir)-1] = '\0';
+
+	dp = opendir(evdir);
+	if (!dp) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Enabling/disabling events: can't open %s\n",
+			evdir);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	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, evdir,
+					      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;
+	}
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	struct iio_event_data event;
+	const char *device_name;
+	char *dev_dir_name = NULL;
+	char *chrdev_name;
+	int ret;
+	int dev_num;
+	int fd, event_fd;
+	bool all_events = false;
+
+	if (argc == 2) {
+		device_name = argv[1];
+	} else if (argc == 3) {
+		device_name = argv[2];
+		if (!strcmp(argv[1], "-a"))
+			all_events = true;
+	} else {
+		fprintf(stderr,
+			"Usage: iio_event_monitor [options] <device_name>\n"
+			"Listen and display events from IIO devices\n"
+			"  -a         Auto-activate all available events\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	dev_num = find_type_by_name(device_name, "iio:device");
+	if (dev_num >= 0) {
+		printf("Found IIO device with name %s with device number %d\n",
+		       device_name, dev_num);
+		ret = asprintf(&chrdev_name, "/dev/iio:device%d", dev_num);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		/* Look up sysfs dir as well if we can */
+		ret = asprintf(&dev_dir_name, "%siio:device%d", iio_dir, dev_num);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * If we can't find an IIO device by name assume device_name is
+		 * an IIO chrdev
+		 */
+		chrdev_name = strdup(device_name);
+		if (!chrdev_name)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	if (all_events && dev_dir_name)
+		enable_events(dev_dir_name, 1);
+
+	fd = open(chrdev_name, 0);
+	if (fd == -1) {
+		ret = -errno;
+		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to open %s\n", chrdev_name);
+		goto error_free_chrdev_name;
+	}
+
+	ret = ioctl(fd, IIO_GET_EVENT_FD_IOCTL, &event_fd);
+	if (ret == -1 || event_fd == -1) {
+		ret = -errno;
+		if (ret == -ENODEV)
+			fprintf(stderr,
+				"This device does not support events\n");
+		else
+			fprintf(stderr, "Failed to retrieve event fd\n");
+		if (close(fd) == -1)
+			perror("Failed to close character device file");
+
+		goto error_free_chrdev_name;
+	}
+
+	if (close(fd) == -1)  {
+		ret = -errno;
+		goto error_free_chrdev_name;
+	}
+
+	while (true) {
+		ret = read(event_fd, &event, sizeof(event));
+		if (ret == -1) {
+			if (errno == EAGAIN) {
+				fprintf(stderr, "nothing available\n");
+				continue;
+			} else {
+				ret = -errno;
+				perror("Failed to read event from device");
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (ret != sizeof(event)) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Reading event failed!\n");
+			ret = -EIO;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		print_event(&event);
+	}
+
+	if (close(event_fd) == -1)
+		perror("Failed to close event file");
+
+error_free_chrdev_name:
+	/* Disable events after use */
+	if (all_events && dev_dir_name)
+		enable_events(dev_dir_name, 0);
+
+	free(chrdev_name);
+
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/tools/iio/iio_generic_buffer.c b/tools/iio/iio_generic_buffer.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0d0a7a19d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/iio/iio_generic_buffer.c
@@ -0,0 +1,778 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/* Industrialio buffer test code.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2008 Jonathan Cameron
+ *
+ * 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 <stdbool.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <linux/iio/buffer.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.
+ **/
+static unsigned int size_from_channelarray(struct iio_channel_info *channels, int num_channels)
+{
+	unsigned int bytes = 0;
+	int i = 0, max = 0;
+	unsigned int misalignment;
+
+	while (i < num_channels) {
+		if (channels[i].bytes > max)
+			max = channels[i].bytes;
+		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++;
+	}
+	/*
+	 * We want the data in next sample to also be properly aligned so
+	 * we'll add padding at the end if needed. Adding padding only
+	 * works for channel data which size is 2^n bytes.
+	 */
+	misalignment = bytes % max;
+	if (misalignment)
+		bytes += max - misalignment;
+
+	return bytes;
+}
+
+static 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);
+	}
+}
+
+static 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);
+	}
+}
+
+static 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);
+	}
+}
+
+static 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
+ **/
+static 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 buffer_idx, int enable)
+{
+	const struct dirent *ent;
+	char scanelemdir[256];
+	DIR *dp;
+	int ret;
+
+	snprintf(scanelemdir, sizeof(scanelemdir),
+		 FORMAT_SCAN_ELEMENTS_DIR, dev_dir_name, buffer_idx);
+	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;
+}
+
+static 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"
+		"  -A         Force-activate ALL channels\n"
+		"  -b <n>     The buffer which to open (by index), default 0\n"
+		"  -c <n>     Do n conversions, or loop forever if n < 0\n"
+		"  -e         Disable wait for event (new data)\n"
+		"  -g         Use trigger-less mode\n"
+		"  -l <n>     Set buffer length to n samples\n"
+		"  --device-name -n <name>\n"
+		"  --device-num -N <num>\n"
+		"        Set device by name or number (mandatory)\n"
+		"  --trigger-name -t <name>\n"
+		"  --trigger-num -T <num>\n"
+		"        Set trigger by name or number\n"
+		"  -w <n>     Set delay between reads in us (event-less mode)\n");
+}
+
+static enum autochan autochannels = AUTOCHANNELS_DISABLED;
+static char *dev_dir_name = NULL;
+static char *buf_dir_name = NULL;
+static int buffer_idx = 0;
+static bool current_trigger_set = false;
+
+static void cleanup(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	/* Disable trigger */
+	if (dev_dir_name && current_trigger_set) {
+		/* 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 disable trigger: %s\n",
+				strerror(-ret));
+		current_trigger_set = false;
+	}
+
+	/* Disable buffer */
+	if (buf_dir_name) {
+		ret = write_sysfs_int("enable", buf_dir_name, 0);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			fprintf(stderr, "Failed to disable buffer: %s\n",
+				strerror(-ret));
+	}
+
+	/* Disable channels if auto-enabled */
+	if (dev_dir_name && autochannels == AUTOCHANNELS_ACTIVE) {
+		ret = enable_disable_all_channels(dev_dir_name, buffer_idx, 0);
+		if (ret)
+			fprintf(stderr, "Failed to disable all channels\n");
+		autochannels = AUTOCHANNELS_DISABLED;
+	}
+}
+
+static void sig_handler(int signum)
+{
+	fprintf(stderr, "Caught signal %d\n", signum);
+	cleanup();
+	exit(-signum);
+}
+
+static void register_cleanup(void)
+{
+	struct sigaction sa = { .sa_handler = sig_handler };
+	const int signums[] = { SIGINT, SIGTERM, SIGABRT };
+	int ret, i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(signums); ++i) {
+		ret = sigaction(signums[i], &sa, NULL);
+		if (ret) {
+			perror("Failed to register signal handler");
+			exit(-1);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+static const struct option longopts[] = {
+	{ "device-name",	1, 0, 'n' },
+	{ "device-num",		1, 0, 'N' },
+	{ "trigger-name",	1, 0, 't' },
+	{ "trigger-num",	1, 0, 'T' },
+	{ },
+};
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	long long num_loops = 2;
+	unsigned long timedelay = 1000000;
+	unsigned long buf_len = 128;
+
+	ssize_t i;
+	unsigned long long j;
+	unsigned long toread;
+	int ret, c;
+	struct stat st;
+	int fd = -1;
+	int buf_fd = -1;
+
+	int num_channels = 0;
+	char *trigger_name = NULL, *device_name = NULL;
+
+	char *data = NULL;
+	ssize_t read_size;
+	int dev_num = -1, trig_num = -1;
+	char *buffer_access = NULL;
+	unsigned int scan_size;
+	int noevents = 0;
+	int notrigger = 0;
+	char *dummy;
+	bool force_autochannels = false;
+
+	struct iio_channel_info *channels = NULL;
+
+	register_cleanup();
+
+	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "aAb:c:egl:n:N:t:T:w:?", longopts,
+				NULL)) != -1) {
+		switch (c) {
+		case 'a':
+			autochannels = AUTOCHANNELS_ENABLED;
+			break;
+		case 'A':
+			autochannels = AUTOCHANNELS_ENABLED;
+			force_autochannels = true;
+			break;
+		case 'b':
+			errno = 0;
+			buffer_idx = strtoll(optarg, &dummy, 10);
+			if (errno) {
+				ret = -errno;
+				goto error;
+			}
+			if (buffer_idx < 0) {
+				ret = -ERANGE;
+				goto error;
+			}
+
+			break;
+		case 'c':
+			errno = 0;
+			num_loops = strtoll(optarg, &dummy, 10);
+			if (errno) {
+				ret = -errno;
+				goto error;
+			}
+
+			break;
+		case 'e':
+			noevents = 1;
+			break;
+		case 'g':
+			notrigger = 1;
+			break;
+		case 'l':
+			errno = 0;
+			buf_len = strtoul(optarg, &dummy, 10);
+			if (errno) {
+				ret = -errno;
+				goto error;
+			}
+
+			break;
+		case 'n':
+			device_name = strdup(optarg);
+			break;
+		case 'N':
+			errno = 0;
+			dev_num = strtoul(optarg, &dummy, 10);
+			if (errno) {
+				ret = -errno;
+				goto error;
+			}
+			break;
+		case 't':
+			trigger_name = strdup(optarg);
+			break;
+		case 'T':
+			errno = 0;
+			trig_num = strtoul(optarg, &dummy, 10);
+			if (errno)
+				return -errno;
+			break;
+		case 'w':
+			errno = 0;
+			timedelay = strtoul(optarg, &dummy, 10);
+			if (errno) {
+				ret = -errno;
+				goto error;
+			}
+			break;
+		case '?':
+			print_usage();
+			ret = -1;
+			goto error;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* Find the device requested */
+	if (dev_num < 0 && !device_name) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Device not set\n");
+		print_usage();
+		ret = -1;
+		goto error;
+	} else if (dev_num >= 0 && device_name) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Only one of --device-num or --device-name needs to be set\n");
+		print_usage();
+		ret = -1;
+		goto error;
+	} else if (dev_num < 0) {
+		dev_num = find_type_by_name(device_name, "iio:device");
+		if (dev_num < 0) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Failed to find the %s\n", device_name);
+			ret = dev_num;
+			goto error;
+		}
+	}
+	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;
+	/* Fetch device_name if specified by number */
+	if (!device_name) {
+		device_name = malloc(IIO_MAX_NAME_LENGTH);
+		if (!device_name) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			goto error;
+		}
+		ret = read_sysfs_string("name", dev_dir_name, device_name);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Failed to read name of device %d\n", dev_num);
+			goto error;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (notrigger) {
+		printf("trigger-less mode selected\n");
+	} else if (trig_num >= 0) {
+		char *trig_dev_name;
+		ret = asprintf(&trig_dev_name, "%strigger%d", iio_dir, trig_num);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+		trigger_name = malloc(IIO_MAX_NAME_LENGTH);
+		ret = read_sysfs_string("name", trig_dev_name, trigger_name);
+		free(trig_dev_name);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Failed to read trigger%d name from\n", trig_num);
+			return ret;
+		}
+		printf("iio trigger number being used is %d\n", trig_num);
+	} else {
+		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;
+			}
+		}
+
+		/* 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;
+			}
+		}
+
+		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;
+		}
+
+		printf("iio trigger number being used is %d\n", trig_num);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Parse the files in scan_elements to identify what channels are
+	 * present
+	 */
+	ret = build_channel_array(dev_dir_name, buffer_idx, &channels, &num_channels);
+	if (ret) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Problem reading scan element information\n"
+			"diag %s\n", dev_dir_name);
+		goto error;
+	}
+	if (num_channels && autochannels == AUTOCHANNELS_ENABLED &&
+	    !force_autochannels) {
+		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) ||
+	    (autochannels == AUTOCHANNELS_ENABLED && force_autochannels)) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Enabling all channels\n");
+
+		ret = enable_disable_all_channels(dev_dir_name, buffer_idx, 1);
+		if (ret) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Failed to enable all channels\n");
+			goto error;
+		}
+
+		/* This flags that we need to disable the channels again */
+		autochannels = AUTOCHANNELS_ACTIVE;
+
+		ret = build_channel_array(dev_dir_name, buffer_idx, &channels,
+					  &num_channels);
+		if (ret) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Problem reading scan element "
+				"information\n"
+				"diag %s\n", dev_dir_name);
+			goto error;
+		}
+		if (!num_channels) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Still no channels after "
+				"auto-enabling, giving up\n");
+			goto error;
+		}
+	}
+
+	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, buffer_idx);
+		ret = -ENOENT;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * 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%d", iio_dir, dev_num, buffer_idx);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	if (stat(buf_dir_name, &st)) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Could not stat() '%s', got error %d: %s\n",
+			buf_dir_name, errno, strerror(errno));
+		ret = -errno;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	if (!S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "File '%s' is not a directory\n", buf_dir_name);
+		ret = -EFAULT;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	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;
+		}
+	}
+
+	ret = asprintf(&buffer_access, "/dev/iio:device%d", dev_num);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	/* Attempt to open non blocking the access dev */
+	fd = open(buffer_access, O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK);
+	if (fd == -1) { /* TODO: If it isn't there make the node */
+		ret = -errno;
+		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to open %s\n", buffer_access);
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	/* specify for which buffer index we want an FD */
+	buf_fd = buffer_idx;
+
+	ret = ioctl(fd, IIO_BUFFER_GET_FD_IOCTL, &buf_fd);
+	if (ret == -1 || buf_fd == -1) {
+		ret = -errno;
+		if (ret == -ENODEV || ret == -EINVAL)
+			fprintf(stderr,
+				"Device does not have this many buffers\n");
+		else
+			fprintf(stderr, "Failed to retrieve buffer fd\n");
+
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	/* Setup ring buffer parameters */
+	ret = write_sysfs_int("length", buf_dir_name, buf_len);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto error;
+
+	/* Enable the buffer */
+	ret = write_sysfs_int("enable", buf_dir_name, 1);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr,
+			"Failed to enable buffer '%s': %s\n",
+			buf_dir_name, strerror(-ret));
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	scan_size = size_from_channelarray(channels, num_channels);
+
+	size_t total_buf_len = scan_size * buf_len;
+
+	if (scan_size > 0 && total_buf_len / scan_size != buf_len) {
+		ret = -EFAULT;
+		perror("Integer overflow happened when calculate scan_size * buf_len");
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	data = malloc(total_buf_len);
+	if (!data) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * This check is being done here for sanity reasons, however it
+	 * should be omitted under normal operation.
+	 * If this is buffer0, we check that we get EBUSY after this point.
+	 */
+	if (buffer_idx == 0) {
+		errno = 0;
+		read_size = read(fd, data, 1);
+		if (read_size > -1 || errno != EBUSY) {
+			ret = -EFAULT;
+			perror("Reading from '%s' should not be possible after ioctl()");
+			goto error;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* close now the main chardev FD and let the buffer FD work */
+	if (close(fd) == -1)
+		perror("Failed to close character device file");
+	fd = -1;
+
+	for (j = 0; j < num_loops || num_loops < 0; j++) {
+		if (!noevents) {
+			struct pollfd pfd = {
+				.fd = buf_fd,
+				.events = POLLIN,
+			};
+
+			ret = poll(&pfd, 1, -1);
+			if (ret < 0) {
+				ret = -errno;
+				goto error;
+			} else if (ret == 0) {
+				continue;
+			}
+
+		} else {
+			usleep(timedelay);
+		}
+
+		toread = buf_len;
+
+		read_size = read(buf_fd, 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);
+	}
+
+error:
+	cleanup();
+
+	if (fd >= 0 && close(fd) == -1)
+		perror("Failed to close character device");
+	if (buf_fd >= 0 && close(buf_fd) == -1)
+		perror("Failed to close buffer");
+	free(buffer_access);
+	free(data);
+	free(buf_dir_name);
+	for (i = num_channels - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+		free(channels[i].name);
+		free(channels[i].generic_name);
+	}
+	free(channels);
+	free(trigger_name);
+	free(device_name);
+	free(dev_dir_name);
+
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/tools/iio/iio_utils.c b/tools/iio/iio_utils.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a00a6eec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/iio/iio_utils.c
@@ -0,0 +1,988 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/* IIO - useful set of util functionality
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2008 Jonathan Cameron
+ */
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include "iio_utils.h"
+
+const char *iio_dir = "/sys/bus/iio/devices/";
+
+static char * const iio_direction[] = {
+	"in",
+	"out",
+};
+
+/**
+ * iioutils_break_up_name() - extract generic name from full channel name
+ * @full_name: the full channel name
+ * @generic_name: the output generic channel name
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, or a negative error code if string extraction failed.
+ **/
+int iioutils_break_up_name(const char *full_name, char **generic_name)
+{
+	char *current;
+	char *w, *r;
+	char *working, *prefix = "";
+	int i, ret;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(iio_direction); i++)
+		if (!strncmp(full_name, iio_direction[i],
+			     strlen(iio_direction[i]))) {
+			prefix = iio_direction[i];
+			break;
+		}
+
+	current = strdup(full_name + strlen(prefix) + 1);
+	if (!current)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	working = strtok(current, "_\0");
+	if (!working) {
+		free(current);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	w = working;
+	r = working;
+
+	while (*r != '\0') {
+		if (!isdigit(*r)) {
+			*w = *r;
+			w++;
+		}
+
+		r++;
+	}
+	*w = '\0';
+	ret = asprintf(generic_name, "%s_%s", prefix, working);
+	free(current);
+
+	return (ret == -1) ? -ENOMEM : 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * iioutils_get_type() - find and process _type attribute data
+ * @is_signed: output whether channel is signed
+ * @bytes: output how many bytes the channel storage occupies
+ * @bits_used: output number of valid bits of data
+ * @shift: output amount of bits to shift right data before applying bit mask
+ * @mask: output a bit mask for the raw data
+ * @be: output if data in big endian
+ * @device_dir: the IIO device directory
+ * @buffer_idx: the IIO buffer index
+ * @name: the channel name
+ * @generic_name: the channel type name
+ *
+ * Returns a value >= 0 on success, otherwise a negative error code.
+ **/
+static int iioutils_get_type(unsigned int *is_signed, unsigned int *bytes,
+			     unsigned int *bits_used, unsigned int *shift,
+			     uint64_t *mask, unsigned int *be,
+			     const char *device_dir, int buffer_idx,
+			     const char *name, const char *generic_name)
+{
+	FILE *sysfsfp;
+	int ret;
+	DIR *dp;
+	char *scan_el_dir, *builtname, *builtname_generic, *filename = 0;
+	char signchar, endianchar;
+	unsigned padint;
+	const struct dirent *ent;
+
+	ret = asprintf(&scan_el_dir, FORMAT_SCAN_ELEMENTS_DIR, device_dir, buffer_idx);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ret = asprintf(&builtname, FORMAT_TYPE_FILE, name);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto error_free_scan_el_dir;
+	}
+	ret = asprintf(&builtname_generic, FORMAT_TYPE_FILE, generic_name);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto error_free_builtname;
+	}
+
+	dp = opendir(scan_el_dir);
+	if (!dp) {
+		ret = -errno;
+		goto error_free_builtname_generic;
+	}
+
+	ret = -ENOENT;
+	while (ent = readdir(dp), ent)
+		if ((strcmp(builtname, ent->d_name) == 0) ||
+		    (strcmp(builtname_generic, ent->d_name) == 0)) {
+			ret = asprintf(&filename,
+				       "%s/%s", scan_el_dir, ent->d_name);
+			if (ret < 0) {
+				ret = -ENOMEM;
+				goto error_closedir;
+			}
+
+			sysfsfp = fopen(filename, "r");
+			if (!sysfsfp) {
+				ret = -errno;
+				fprintf(stderr, "failed to open %s\n",
+					filename);
+				goto error_free_filename;
+			}
+
+			ret = fscanf(sysfsfp,
+				     "%ce:%c%u/%u>>%u",
+				     &endianchar,
+				     &signchar,
+				     bits_used,
+				     &padint, shift);
+			if (ret < 0) {
+				ret = -errno;
+				fprintf(stderr,
+					"failed to pass scan type description\n");
+				goto error_close_sysfsfp;
+			} else if (ret != 5) {
+				ret = -EIO;
+				fprintf(stderr,
+					"scan type description didn't match\n");
+				goto error_close_sysfsfp;
+			}
+
+			*be = (endianchar == 'b');
+			*bytes = padint / 8;
+			if (*bits_used == 64)
+				*mask = ~(0ULL);
+			else
+				*mask = (1ULL << *bits_used) - 1ULL;
+
+			*is_signed = (signchar == 's');
+			if (fclose(sysfsfp)) {
+				ret = -errno;
+				fprintf(stderr, "Failed to close %s\n",
+					filename);
+				goto error_free_filename;
+			}
+
+			sysfsfp = 0;
+			free(filename);
+			filename = 0;
+
+			/*
+			 * Avoid having a more generic entry overwriting
+			 * the settings.
+			 */
+			if (strcmp(builtname, ent->d_name) == 0)
+				break;
+		}
+
+error_close_sysfsfp:
+	if (sysfsfp)
+		if (fclose(sysfsfp))
+			perror("iioutils_get_type(): Failed to close file");
+
+error_free_filename:
+	if (filename)
+		free(filename);
+
+error_closedir:
+	if (closedir(dp) == -1)
+		perror("iioutils_get_type(): Failed to close directory");
+
+error_free_builtname_generic:
+	free(builtname_generic);
+error_free_builtname:
+	free(builtname);
+error_free_scan_el_dir:
+	free(scan_el_dir);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * iioutils_get_param_float() - read a float value from a channel parameter
+ * @output: output the float value
+ * @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
+ *
+ * Returns a value >= 0 on success, otherwise a negative error code.
+ **/
+int iioutils_get_param_float(float *output, const char *param_name,
+			     const char *device_dir, const char *name,
+			     const char *generic_name)
+{
+	FILE *sysfsfp;
+	int ret;
+	DIR *dp;
+	char *builtname, *builtname_generic;
+	char *filename = NULL;
+	const struct dirent *ent;
+
+	ret = asprintf(&builtname, "%s_%s", name, param_name);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ret = asprintf(&builtname_generic,
+		       "%s_%s", generic_name, param_name);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto error_free_builtname;
+	}
+
+	dp = opendir(device_dir);
+	if (!dp) {
+		ret = -errno;
+		goto error_free_builtname_generic;
+	}
+
+	ret = -ENOENT;
+	while (ent = readdir(dp), ent)
+		if ((strcmp(builtname, ent->d_name) == 0) ||
+		    (strcmp(builtname_generic, ent->d_name) == 0)) {
+			ret = asprintf(&filename,
+				       "%s/%s", device_dir, ent->d_name);
+			if (ret < 0) {
+				ret = -ENOMEM;
+				goto error_closedir;
+			}
+
+			sysfsfp = fopen(filename, "r");
+			if (!sysfsfp) {
+				ret = -errno;
+				goto error_free_filename;
+			}
+
+			errno = 0;
+			if (fscanf(sysfsfp, "%f", output) != 1)
+				ret = errno ? -errno : -ENODATA;
+
+			fclose(sysfsfp);
+			break;
+		}
+error_free_filename:
+	if (filename)
+		free(filename);
+
+error_closedir:
+	if (closedir(dp) == -1)
+		perror("iioutils_get_param_float(): Failed to close directory");
+
+error_free_builtname_generic:
+	free(builtname_generic);
+error_free_builtname:
+	free(builtname);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * bsort_channel_array_by_index() - sort the array in index order
+ * @ci_array: the iio_channel_info array to be sorted
+ * @cnt: the amount of array elements
+ **/
+
+void bsort_channel_array_by_index(struct iio_channel_info *ci_array, int cnt)
+{
+	struct iio_channel_info temp;
+	int x, y;
+
+	for (x = 0; x < cnt; x++)
+		for (y = 0; y < (cnt - 1); y++)
+			if (ci_array[y].index > ci_array[y + 1].index) {
+				temp = ci_array[y + 1];
+				ci_array[y + 1] = ci_array[y];
+				ci_array[y] = temp;
+			}
+}
+
+/**
+ * build_channel_array() - function to figure out what channels are present
+ * @device_dir: the IIO device directory in sysfs
+ * @buffer_idx: the IIO buffer for this channel array
+ * @ci_array: output the resulting array of iio_channel_info
+ * @counter: output the amount of array elements
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, otherwise a negative error code.
+ **/
+int build_channel_array(const char *device_dir, int buffer_idx,
+			struct iio_channel_info **ci_array, int *counter)
+{
+	DIR *dp;
+	FILE *sysfsfp;
+	int count = 0, i;
+	struct iio_channel_info *current;
+	int ret;
+	const struct dirent *ent;
+	char *scan_el_dir;
+	char *filename;
+
+	*counter = 0;
+	ret = asprintf(&scan_el_dir, FORMAT_SCAN_ELEMENTS_DIR, device_dir, buffer_idx);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	dp = opendir(scan_el_dir);
+	if (!dp) {
+		ret = -errno;
+		goto error_free_name;
+	}
+
+	while (ent = readdir(dp), ent)
+		if (strcmp(ent->d_name + strlen(ent->d_name) - strlen("_en"),
+			   "_en") == 0) {
+			ret = asprintf(&filename,
+				       "%s/%s", scan_el_dir, ent->d_name);
+			if (ret < 0) {
+				ret = -ENOMEM;
+				goto error_close_dir;
+			}
+
+			sysfsfp = fopen(filename, "r");
+			free(filename);
+			if (!sysfsfp) {
+				ret = -errno;
+				goto error_close_dir;
+			}
+
+			errno = 0;
+			if (fscanf(sysfsfp, "%i", &ret) != 1) {
+				ret = errno ? -errno : -ENODATA;
+				if (fclose(sysfsfp))
+					perror("build_channel_array(): Failed to close file");
+
+				goto error_close_dir;
+			}
+			if (ret == 1)
+				(*counter)++;
+
+			if (fclose(sysfsfp)) {
+				ret = -errno;
+				goto error_close_dir;
+			}
+
+		}
+
+	*ci_array = malloc(sizeof(**ci_array) * (*counter));
+	if (!*ci_array) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto error_close_dir;
+	}
+
+	seekdir(dp, 0);
+	while (ent = readdir(dp), ent) {
+		if (strcmp(ent->d_name + strlen(ent->d_name) - strlen("_en"),
+			   "_en") == 0) {
+			int current_enabled = 0;
+
+			current = &(*ci_array)[count++];
+			ret = asprintf(&filename,
+				       "%s/%s", scan_el_dir, ent->d_name);
+			if (ret < 0) {
+				ret = -ENOMEM;
+				/* decrement count to avoid freeing name */
+				count--;
+				goto error_cleanup_array;
+			}
+
+			sysfsfp = fopen(filename, "r");
+			free(filename);
+			if (!sysfsfp) {
+				ret = -errno;
+				count--;
+				goto error_cleanup_array;
+			}
+
+			errno = 0;
+			if (fscanf(sysfsfp, "%i", &current_enabled) != 1) {
+				ret = errno ? -errno : -ENODATA;
+				count--;
+				goto error_cleanup_array;
+			}
+
+			if (fclose(sysfsfp)) {
+				ret = -errno;
+				count--;
+				goto error_cleanup_array;
+			}
+
+			if (!current_enabled) {
+				count--;
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			current->scale = 1.0;
+			current->offset = 0;
+			current->name = strndup(ent->d_name,
+						strlen(ent->d_name) -
+						strlen("_en"));
+			if (!current->name) {
+				ret = -ENOMEM;
+				count--;
+				goto error_cleanup_array;
+			}
+
+			/* Get the generic and specific name elements */
+			ret = iioutils_break_up_name(current->name,
+						     &current->generic_name);
+			if (ret) {
+				free(current->name);
+				count--;
+				goto error_cleanup_array;
+			}
+
+			ret = asprintf(&filename,
+				       "%s/%s_index",
+				       scan_el_dir,
+				       current->name);
+			if (ret < 0) {
+				ret = -ENOMEM;
+				goto error_cleanup_array;
+			}
+
+			sysfsfp = fopen(filename, "r");
+			free(filename);
+			if (!sysfsfp) {
+				ret = -errno;
+				fprintf(stderr, "failed to open %s/%s_index\n",
+					scan_el_dir, current->name);
+				goto error_cleanup_array;
+			}
+
+			errno = 0;
+			if (fscanf(sysfsfp, "%u", &current->index) != 1) {
+				ret = errno ? -errno : -ENODATA;
+				if (fclose(sysfsfp))
+					perror("build_channel_array(): Failed to close file");
+
+				goto error_cleanup_array;
+			}
+
+			if (fclose(sysfsfp)) {
+				ret = -errno;
+				goto error_cleanup_array;
+			}
+
+			/* Find the scale */
+			ret = iioutils_get_param_float(&current->scale,
+						       "scale",
+						       device_dir,
+						       current->name,
+						       current->generic_name);
+			if ((ret < 0) && (ret != -ENOENT))
+				goto error_cleanup_array;
+
+			ret = iioutils_get_param_float(&current->offset,
+						       "offset",
+						       device_dir,
+						       current->name,
+						       current->generic_name);
+			if ((ret < 0) && (ret != -ENOENT))
+				goto error_cleanup_array;
+
+			ret = iioutils_get_type(&current->is_signed,
+						&current->bytes,
+						&current->bits_used,
+						&current->shift,
+						&current->mask,
+						&current->be,
+						device_dir,
+						buffer_idx,
+						current->name,
+						current->generic_name);
+			if (ret < 0)
+				goto error_cleanup_array;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (closedir(dp) == -1) {
+		ret = -errno;
+		goto error_cleanup_array;
+	}
+
+	free(scan_el_dir);
+	/* reorder so that the array is in index order */
+	bsort_channel_array_by_index(*ci_array, *counter);
+
+	return 0;
+
+error_cleanup_array:
+	for (i = count - 1;  i >= 0; i--) {
+		free((*ci_array)[i].name);
+		free((*ci_array)[i].generic_name);
+	}
+	free(*ci_array);
+	*ci_array = NULL;
+	*counter = 0;
+error_close_dir:
+	if (dp)
+		if (closedir(dp) == -1)
+			perror("build_channel_array(): Failed to close dir");
+
+error_free_name:
+	free(scan_el_dir);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int calc_digits(int num)
+{
+	int count = 0;
+
+	/* It takes a digit to represent zero */
+	if (!num)
+		return 1;
+
+	while (num != 0) {
+		num /= 10;
+		count++;
+	}
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+/**
+ * find_type_by_name() - function to match top level types by name
+ * @name: top level type instance name
+ * @type: the type of top level instance being searched
+ *
+ * Returns the device number of a matched IIO device on success, otherwise a
+ * negative error code.
+ * Typical types this is used for are device and trigger.
+ **/
+int find_type_by_name(const char *name, const char *type)
+{
+	const struct dirent *ent;
+	int number, numstrlen, ret;
+
+	FILE *namefp;
+	DIR *dp;
+	char thisname[IIO_MAX_NAME_LENGTH];
+	char *filename;
+
+	dp = opendir(iio_dir);
+	if (!dp) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "No industrialio devices available\n");
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
+	while (ent = readdir(dp), ent) {
+		if (strcmp(ent->d_name, ".") != 0 &&
+		    strcmp(ent->d_name, "..") != 0 &&
+		    strlen(ent->d_name) > strlen(type) &&
+		    strncmp(ent->d_name, type, strlen(type)) == 0) {
+			errno = 0;
+			ret = sscanf(ent->d_name + strlen(type), "%d", &number);
+			if (ret < 0) {
+				ret = -errno;
+				fprintf(stderr,
+					"failed to read element number\n");
+				goto error_close_dir;
+			} else if (ret != 1) {
+				ret = -EIO;
+				fprintf(stderr,
+					"failed to match element number\n");
+				goto error_close_dir;
+			}
+
+			numstrlen = calc_digits(number);
+			/* verify the next character is not a colon */
+			if (strncmp(ent->d_name + strlen(type) + numstrlen,
+			    ":", 1) != 0) {
+				filename = malloc(strlen(iio_dir) + strlen(type)
+						  + numstrlen + 6);
+				if (!filename) {
+					ret = -ENOMEM;
+					goto error_close_dir;
+				}
+
+				ret = sprintf(filename, "%s%s%d/name", iio_dir,
+					      type, number);
+				if (ret < 0) {
+					free(filename);
+					goto error_close_dir;
+				}
+
+				namefp = fopen(filename, "r");
+				if (!namefp) {
+					free(filename);
+					continue;
+				}
+
+				free(filename);
+				errno = 0;
+				if (fscanf(namefp, "%s", thisname) != 1) {
+					ret = errno ? -errno : -ENODATA;
+					goto error_close_dir;
+				}
+
+				if (fclose(namefp)) {
+					ret = -errno;
+					goto error_close_dir;
+				}
+
+				if (strcmp(name, thisname) == 0) {
+					if (closedir(dp) == -1)
+						return -errno;
+
+					return number;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if (closedir(dp) == -1)
+		return -errno;
+
+	return -ENODEV;
+
+error_close_dir:
+	if (closedir(dp) == -1)
+		perror("find_type_by_name(): Failed to close directory");
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int _write_sysfs_int(const char *filename, const char *basedir, int val,
+			    int verify)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	FILE *sysfsfp;
+	int test;
+	char *temp = malloc(strlen(basedir) + strlen(filename) + 2);
+
+	if (!temp)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ret = sprintf(temp, "%s/%s", basedir, filename);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto error_free;
+
+	sysfsfp = fopen(temp, "w");
+	if (!sysfsfp) {
+		ret = -errno;
+		fprintf(stderr, "failed to open %s\n", temp);
+		goto error_free;
+	}
+
+	ret = fprintf(sysfsfp, "%d", val);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		if (fclose(sysfsfp))
+			perror("_write_sysfs_int(): Failed to close dir");
+
+		goto error_free;
+	}
+
+	if (fclose(sysfsfp)) {
+		ret = -errno;
+		goto error_free;
+	}
+
+	if (verify) {
+		sysfsfp = fopen(temp, "r");
+		if (!sysfsfp) {
+			ret = -errno;
+			fprintf(stderr, "failed to open %s\n", temp);
+			goto error_free;
+		}
+
+		if (fscanf(sysfsfp, "%d", &test) != 1) {
+			ret = errno ? -errno : -ENODATA;
+			if (fclose(sysfsfp))
+				perror("_write_sysfs_int(): Failed to close dir");
+
+			goto error_free;
+		}
+
+		if (fclose(sysfsfp)) {
+			ret = -errno;
+			goto error_free;
+		}
+
+		if (test != val) {
+			fprintf(stderr,
+				"Possible failure in int write %d to %s/%s\n",
+				val, basedir, filename);
+			ret = -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+error_free:
+	free(temp);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * write_sysfs_int() - write an integer value to a sysfs file
+ * @filename: name of the file to write to
+ * @basedir: the sysfs directory in which the file is to be found
+ * @val: integer value to write to file
+ *
+ * Returns a value >= 0 on success, otherwise a negative error code.
+ **/
+int write_sysfs_int(const char *filename, const char *basedir, int val)
+{
+	return _write_sysfs_int(filename, basedir, val, 0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * write_sysfs_int_and_verify() - write an integer value to a sysfs file
+ *				  and verify
+ * @filename: name of the file to write to
+ * @basedir: the sysfs directory in which the file is to be found
+ * @val: integer value to write to file
+ *
+ * Returns a value >= 0 on success, otherwise a negative error code.
+ **/
+int write_sysfs_int_and_verify(const char *filename, const char *basedir,
+			       int val)
+{
+	return _write_sysfs_int(filename, basedir, val, 1);
+}
+
+static int _write_sysfs_string(const char *filename, const char *basedir,
+			       const char *val, int verify)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	FILE  *sysfsfp;
+	char *temp = malloc(strlen(basedir) + strlen(filename) + 2);
+
+	if (!temp) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Memory allocation failed\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	ret = sprintf(temp, "%s/%s", basedir, filename);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto error_free;
+
+	sysfsfp = fopen(temp, "w");
+	if (!sysfsfp) {
+		ret = -errno;
+		fprintf(stderr, "Could not open %s\n", temp);
+		goto error_free;
+	}
+
+	ret = fprintf(sysfsfp, "%s", val);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		if (fclose(sysfsfp))
+			perror("_write_sysfs_string(): Failed to close dir");
+
+		goto error_free;
+	}
+
+	if (fclose(sysfsfp)) {
+		ret = -errno;
+		goto error_free;
+	}
+
+	if (verify) {
+		sysfsfp = fopen(temp, "r");
+		if (!sysfsfp) {
+			ret = -errno;
+			fprintf(stderr, "Could not open file to verify\n");
+			goto error_free;
+		}
+
+		if (fscanf(sysfsfp, "%s", temp) != 1) {
+			ret = errno ? -errno : -ENODATA;
+			if (fclose(sysfsfp))
+				perror("_write_sysfs_string(): Failed to close dir");
+
+			goto error_free;
+		}
+
+		if (fclose(sysfsfp)) {
+			ret = -errno;
+			goto error_free;
+		}
+
+		if (strcmp(temp, val) != 0) {
+			fprintf(stderr,
+				"Possible failure in string write of %s "
+				"Should be %s written to %s/%s\n", temp, val,
+				basedir, filename);
+			ret = -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+error_free:
+	free(temp);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * write_sysfs_string_and_verify() - string write, readback and verify
+ * @filename: name of file to write to
+ * @basedir: the sysfs directory in which the file is to be found
+ * @val: the string to write
+ *
+ * Returns a value >= 0 on success, otherwise a negative error code.
+ **/
+int write_sysfs_string_and_verify(const char *filename, const char *basedir,
+				  const char *val)
+{
+	return _write_sysfs_string(filename, basedir, val, 1);
+}
+
+/**
+ * write_sysfs_string() - write string to a sysfs file
+ * @filename: name of file to write to
+ * @basedir: the sysfs directory in which the file is to be found
+ * @val: the string to write
+ *
+ * Returns a value >= 0 on success, otherwise a negative error code.
+ **/
+int write_sysfs_string(const char *filename, const char *basedir,
+		       const char *val)
+{
+	return _write_sysfs_string(filename, basedir, val, 0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * read_sysfs_posint() - read an integer value from file
+ * @filename: name of file to read from
+ * @basedir: the sysfs directory in which the file is to be found
+ *
+ * Returns the read integer value >= 0 on success, otherwise a negative error
+ * code.
+ **/
+int read_sysfs_posint(const char *filename, const char *basedir)
+{
+	int ret;
+	FILE  *sysfsfp;
+	char *temp = malloc(strlen(basedir) + strlen(filename) + 2);
+
+	if (!temp) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Memory allocation failed");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	ret = sprintf(temp, "%s/%s", basedir, filename);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto error_free;
+
+	sysfsfp = fopen(temp, "r");
+	if (!sysfsfp) {
+		ret = -errno;
+		goto error_free;
+	}
+
+	errno = 0;
+	if (fscanf(sysfsfp, "%d\n", &ret) != 1) {
+		ret = errno ? -errno : -ENODATA;
+		if (fclose(sysfsfp))
+			perror("read_sysfs_posint(): Failed to close dir");
+
+		goto error_free;
+	}
+
+	if (fclose(sysfsfp))
+		ret = -errno;
+
+error_free:
+	free(temp);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * read_sysfs_float() - read a float value from file
+ * @filename: name of file to read from
+ * @basedir: the sysfs directory in which the file is to be found
+ * @val: output the read float value
+ *
+ * Returns a value >= 0 on success, otherwise a negative error code.
+ **/
+int read_sysfs_float(const char *filename, const char *basedir, float *val)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	FILE  *sysfsfp;
+	char *temp = malloc(strlen(basedir) + strlen(filename) + 2);
+
+	if (!temp) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Memory allocation failed");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	ret = sprintf(temp, "%s/%s", basedir, filename);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto error_free;
+
+	sysfsfp = fopen(temp, "r");
+	if (!sysfsfp) {
+		ret = -errno;
+		goto error_free;
+	}
+
+	errno = 0;
+	if (fscanf(sysfsfp, "%f\n", val) != 1) {
+		ret = errno ? -errno : -ENODATA;
+		if (fclose(sysfsfp))
+			perror("read_sysfs_float(): Failed to close dir");
+
+		goto error_free;
+	}
+
+	if (fclose(sysfsfp))
+		ret = -errno;
+
+error_free:
+	free(temp);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * read_sysfs_string() - read a string from file
+ * @filename: name of file to read from
+ * @basedir: the sysfs directory in which the file is to be found
+ * @str: output the read string
+ *
+ * Returns a value >= 0 on success, otherwise a negative error code.
+ **/
+int read_sysfs_string(const char *filename, const char *basedir, char *str)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	FILE  *sysfsfp;
+	char *temp = malloc(strlen(basedir) + strlen(filename) + 2);
+
+	if (!temp) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Memory allocation failed");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	ret = sprintf(temp, "%s/%s", basedir, filename);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto error_free;
+
+	sysfsfp = fopen(temp, "r");
+	if (!sysfsfp) {
+		ret = -errno;
+		goto error_free;
+	}
+
+	errno = 0;
+	if (fscanf(sysfsfp, "%s\n", str) != 1) {
+		ret = errno ? -errno : -ENODATA;
+		if (fclose(sysfsfp))
+			perror("read_sysfs_string(): Failed to close dir");
+
+		goto error_free;
+	}
+
+	if (fclose(sysfsfp))
+		ret = -errno;
+
+error_free:
+	free(temp);
+
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/tools/iio/iio_utils.h b/tools/iio/iio_utils.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..663c94a6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/iio/iio_utils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+#ifndef _IIO_UTILS_H_
+#define _IIO_UTILS_H_
+
+/* IIO - useful set of util functionality
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2008 Jonathan Cameron
+ */
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+/* Made up value to limit allocation sizes */
+#define IIO_MAX_NAME_LENGTH 64
+
+#define FORMAT_SCAN_ELEMENTS_DIR "%s/buffer%d"
+#define FORMAT_EVENTS_DIR "%s/events"
+#define FORMAT_TYPE_FILE "%s_type"
+
+#define ARRAY_SIZE(arr) (sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]))
+
+extern const char *iio_dir;
+
+/**
+ * struct iio_channel_info - information about a given channel
+ * @name: channel name
+ * @generic_name: general name for channel type
+ * @scale: scale factor to be applied for conversion to si units
+ * @offset: offset to be applied for conversion to si units
+ * @index: the channel index in the buffer output
+ * @bytes: number of bytes occupied in buffer output
+ * @bits_used: number of valid bits of data
+ * @shift: amount of bits to shift right data before applying bit mask
+ * @mask: a bit mask for the raw output
+ * @be: flag if data is big endian
+ * @is_signed: is the raw value stored signed
+ * @location: data offset for this channel inside the buffer (in bytes)
+ **/
+struct iio_channel_info {
+	char *name;
+	char *generic_name;
+	float scale;
+	float offset;
+	unsigned index;
+	unsigned bytes;
+	unsigned bits_used;
+	unsigned shift;
+	uint64_t mask;
+	unsigned be;
+	unsigned is_signed;
+	unsigned location;
+};
+
+static inline int iioutils_check_suffix(const char *str, const char *suffix)
+{
+	return strlen(str) >= strlen(suffix) &&
+		strncmp(str+strlen(str)-strlen(suffix),
+			suffix, strlen(suffix)) == 0;
+}
+
+int iioutils_break_up_name(const char *full_name, char **generic_name);
+int iioutils_get_param_float(float *output, const char *param_name,
+			     const char *device_dir, const char *name,
+			     const char *generic_name);
+void bsort_channel_array_by_index(struct iio_channel_info *ci_array, int cnt);
+int build_channel_array(const char *device_dir, int buffer_idx,
+			struct iio_channel_info **ci_array, int *counter);
+int find_type_by_name(const char *name, const char *type);
+int write_sysfs_int(const char *filename, const char *basedir, int val);
+int write_sysfs_int_and_verify(const char *filename, const char *basedir,
+			       int val);
+int write_sysfs_string_and_verify(const char *filename, const char *basedir,
+				  const char *val);
+int write_sysfs_string(const char *filename, const char *basedir,
+		       const char *val);
+int read_sysfs_posint(const char *filename, const char *basedir);
+int read_sysfs_float(const char *filename, const char *basedir, float *val);
+int read_sysfs_string(const char *filename, const char *basedir, char *str);
+
+#endif /* _IIO_UTILS_H_ */
diff --git a/tools/iio/lsiio.c b/tools/iio/lsiio.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2cf56fb24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/iio/lsiio.c
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Industrial I/O utilities - lsiio.c
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2010 Manuel Stahl <manuel.stahl@iis.fraunhofer.de>
+ */
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/dir.h>
+#include "iio_utils.h"
+
+static enum verbosity {
+	VERBLEVEL_DEFAULT,	/* 0 gives lspci behaviour */
+	VERBLEVEL_SENSORS,	/* 1 lists sensors */
+} verblevel = VERBLEVEL_DEFAULT;
+
+const char *type_device = "iio:device";
+const char *type_trigger = "trigger";
+
+static inline int check_prefix(const char *str, const char *prefix)
+{
+	return strlen(str) > strlen(prefix) &&
+	       strncmp(str, prefix, strlen(prefix)) == 0;
+}
+
+static inline int check_postfix(const char *str, const char *postfix)
+{
+	return strlen(str) > strlen(postfix) &&
+	       strcmp(str + strlen(str) - strlen(postfix), postfix) == 0;
+}
+
+static int dump_channels(const char *dev_dir_name)
+{
+	DIR *dp;
+	const struct dirent *ent;
+
+	dp = opendir(dev_dir_name);
+	if (!dp)
+		return -errno;
+
+	while (ent = readdir(dp), ent)
+		if (check_prefix(ent->d_name, "in_") &&
+		   (check_postfix(ent->d_name, "_raw") ||
+		    check_postfix(ent->d_name, "_input")))
+			printf("   %-10s\n", ent->d_name);
+
+	return (closedir(dp) == -1) ? -errno : 0;
+}
+
+static int dump_one_device(const char *dev_dir_name)
+{
+	char name[IIO_MAX_NAME_LENGTH];
+	int dev_idx;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = sscanf(dev_dir_name + strlen(iio_dir) + strlen(type_device), "%i",
+		     &dev_idx);
+	if (ret != 1)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ret = read_sysfs_string("name", dev_dir_name, name);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	printf("Device %03d: %s\n", dev_idx, name);
+
+	if (verblevel >= VERBLEVEL_SENSORS)
+		return dump_channels(dev_dir_name);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int dump_one_trigger(const char *dev_dir_name)
+{
+	char name[IIO_MAX_NAME_LENGTH];
+	int dev_idx;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = sscanf(dev_dir_name + strlen(iio_dir) + strlen(type_trigger),
+		     "%i", &dev_idx);
+	if (ret != 1)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ret = read_sysfs_string("name", dev_dir_name, name);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	printf("Trigger %03d: %s\n", dev_idx, name);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int dump_devices(void)
+{
+	const struct dirent *ent;
+	int ret;
+	DIR *dp;
+
+	dp = opendir(iio_dir);
+	if (!dp) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "No industrial I/O devices available\n");
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
+	while (ent = readdir(dp), ent) {
+		if (check_prefix(ent->d_name, type_device)) {
+			char *dev_dir_name;
+
+			if (asprintf(&dev_dir_name, "%s%s", iio_dir,
+				     ent->d_name) < 0) {
+				ret = -ENOMEM;
+				goto error_close_dir;
+			}
+
+			ret = dump_one_device(dev_dir_name);
+			if (ret) {
+				free(dev_dir_name);
+				goto error_close_dir;
+			}
+
+			free(dev_dir_name);
+			if (verblevel >= VERBLEVEL_SENSORS)
+				printf("\n");
+		}
+	}
+	rewinddir(dp);
+	while (ent = readdir(dp), ent) {
+		if (check_prefix(ent->d_name, type_trigger)) {
+			char *dev_dir_name;
+
+			if (asprintf(&dev_dir_name, "%s%s", iio_dir,
+				     ent->d_name) < 0) {
+				ret = -ENOMEM;
+				goto error_close_dir;
+			}
+
+			ret = dump_one_trigger(dev_dir_name);
+			if (ret) {
+				free(dev_dir_name);
+				goto error_close_dir;
+			}
+
+			free(dev_dir_name);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return (closedir(dp) == -1) ? -errno : 0;
+
+error_close_dir:
+	if (closedir(dp) == -1)
+		perror("dump_devices(): Failed to close directory");
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	int c, err = 0;
+
+	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "v")) != EOF) {
+		switch (c) {
+		case 'v':
+			verblevel++;
+			break;
+
+		case '?':
+		default:
+			err++;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	if (err || argc > optind) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: lsiio [options]...\n"
+			"List industrial I/O devices\n"
+			"  -v  Increase verbosity (may be given multiple times)\n");
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
+	return dump_devices();
+}