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diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/dvb/fe-read-ber.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/dvb/fe-read-ber.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f33f1dd205 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/dvb/fe-read-ber.rst @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GFDL-1.1-no-invariants-or-later +.. c:namespace:: DTV.fe + +.. _FE_READ_BER: + +*********** +FE_READ_BER +*********** + +Name +==== + +FE_READ_BER + +.. attention:: This ioctl is deprecated. + +Synopsis +======== + +.. c:macro:: FE_READ_BER + +``int ioctl(int fd, FE_READ_BER, uint32_t *ber)`` + +Arguments +========= + +``fd`` + File descriptor returned by :c:func:`open()`. + +``ber`` + The bit error rate is stored into \*ber. + +Description +=========== + +This ioctl call returns the bit error rate for the signal currently +received/demodulated by the front-end. For this command, read-only +access to the device is sufficient. + +Return Value +============ + +On success 0 is returned. + +On error -1 is returned, and the ``errno`` variable is set +appropriately. + +Generic error codes are described at the +:ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter. |