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tools: iio: print error message when buffer enable fails

Running generic_buffer without enabling any channel of the
sensor will fail without printing any error message.

Add an error message that indicates buffer enable failed.

Signed-off-by: Irina Tirdea <irina.tirdea@intel.com>
Acked-by: Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>
Irina Tirdea 10 years ago
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1 changed files with 4 additions and 1 deletions
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      tools/iio/generic_buffer.c

+ 4 - 1
tools/iio/generic_buffer.c

@@ -364,8 +364,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	/* Enable the buffer */
 	ret = write_sysfs_int("enable", buf_dir_name, 1);
-	if (ret < 0)
+	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);