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diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/dvb/fe-read-signal-strength.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/dvb/fe-read-signal-strength.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2b7d06145 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/dvb/fe-read-signal-strength.rst @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GFDL-1.1-no-invariants-or-later +.. c:namespace:: DTV.fe + +.. _FE_READ_SIGNAL_STRENGTH: + +*********************** +FE_READ_SIGNAL_STRENGTH +*********************** + +Name +==== + +FE_READ_SIGNAL_STRENGTH + +.. attention:: This ioctl is deprecated. + +Synopsis +======== + +.. c:macro:: FE_READ_SIGNAL_STRENGTH + +``int ioctl(int fd, FE_READ_SIGNAL_STRENGTH, uint16_t *strength)`` + +Arguments +========= + +``fd`` + File descriptor returned by :c:func:`open()`. + +``strength`` + The signal strength value is stored into \*strength. + +Description +=========== + +This ioctl call returns the signal strength value for the signal +currently received 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. |