It is not always the case that all channels can be used in buffered mode. This patch allows channels, which can not be used in buffered mode, to set their scan index to a negative number, which will cause iio_buffer_register to ignore the channel. Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c index 2f35db9..3d8d187 100644 --- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c @@ -285,6 +285,9 @@ int iio_buffer_register(struct iio_dev *indio_dev, if (channels) { /* new magic */ for (i = 0; i < num_channels; i++) { + if (channels[i].scan_index < 0) + continue; + /* Establish necessary mask length */ if (channels[i].scan_index > (int)indio_dev->masklength - 1) -- 1.7.10 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel