| .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GFDL-1.1-no-invariants-or-later |
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| .. _FE_READ_BER: |
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| FE_READ_BER |
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| Name |
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| FE_READ_BER |
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| .. attention:: This ioctl is deprecated. |
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| Synopsis |
| ======== |
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| .. c:function:: int ioctl(int fd, FE_READ_BER, uint32_t *ber) |
| :name: FE_READ_BER |
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| Arguments |
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| ``fd`` |
| File descriptor returned by :c:func:`open() <dvb-fe-open>`. |
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| ``ber`` |
| The bit error rate is stored into \*ber. |
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| Description |
| =========== |
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| 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. |
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| Return Value |
| ============ |
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| On success 0 is returned. |
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| On error -1 is returned, and the ``errno`` variable is set |
| appropriately. |
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| Generic error codes are described at the |
| :ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter. |