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+.. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
+.. document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
+.. Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software
+.. Foundation, with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts
+.. and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included at
+.. Documentation/userspace-api/media/fdl-appendix.rst.
+..
+.. TODO: replace it to GFDL-1.1-or-later WITH no-invariant-sections
+
+.. _VIDIOC_LOG_STATUS:
+
+***********************
+ioctl VIDIOC_LOG_STATUS
+***********************
+
+Name
+====
+
+VIDIOC_LOG_STATUS - Log driver status information
+
+
+Synopsis
+========
+
+.. c:function:: int ioctl( int fd, VIDIOC_LOG_STATUS)
+    :name: VIDIOC_LOG_STATUS
+
+
+Arguments
+=========
+
+``fd``
+    File descriptor returned by :ref:`open() <func-open>`.
+
+
+Description
+===========
+
+As the video/audio devices become more complicated it becomes harder to
+debug problems. When this ioctl is called the driver will output the
+current device status to the kernel log. This is particular useful when
+dealing with problems like no sound, no video and incorrectly tuned
+channels. Also many modern devices autodetect video and audio standards
+and this ioctl will report what the device thinks what the standard is.
+Mismatches may give an indication where the problem is.
+
+This ioctl is optional and not all drivers support it. It was introduced
+in Linux 2.6.15.
+
+
+Return Value
+============
+
+On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set
+appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the
+:ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter.