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10.. _FE_READ_BER:
11
12***********
13FE_READ_BER
14***********
15
16Name
17====
18
19FE_READ_BER
20
21.. attention:: This ioctl is deprecated.
22
23Synopsis
24========
25
26.. c:function:: int  ioctl(int fd, FE_READ_BER, uint32_t *ber)
27    :name: FE_READ_BER
28
29
30Arguments
31=========
32
33``fd``
34    File descriptor returned by :c:func:`open() <dvb-fe-open>`.
35
36``ber``
37    The bit error rate is stored into \*ber.
38
39
40Description
41===========
42
43This ioctl call returns the bit error rate for the signal currently
44received/demodulated by the front-end. For this command, read-only
45access to the device is sufficient.
46
47
48Return Value
49============
50
51On success 0 is returned.
52
53On error -1 is returned, and the ``errno`` variable is set
54appropriately.
55
56Generic error codes are described at the
57:ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter.
58