From e7231491ce6ae2053569166f60835a5594b3c0af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Irina Tirdea Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 16:28:06 +0300 Subject: 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 Acked-by: Hartmut Knaack Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cameron --- tools/iio/generic_buffer.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'tools/iio') diff --git a/tools/iio/generic_buffer.c b/tools/iio/generic_buffer.c index 32f389ebb94d..9f7b85bf6ada 100644 --- a/tools/iio/generic_buffer.c +++ b/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); -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b