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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+.. _GPIO_GET_LINEINFO_IOCTL:
+
+***********************
+GPIO_GET_LINEINFO_IOCTL
+***********************
+
+.. warning::
+    This ioctl is part of chardev_v1.rst and is obsoleted by
+    gpio-v2-get-lineinfo-ioctl.rst.
+
+Name
+====
+
+GPIO_GET_LINEINFO_IOCTL - Get the publicly available information for a line.
+
+Synopsis
+========
+
+.. c:macro:: GPIO_GET_LINEINFO_IOCTL
+
+``int ioctl(int chip_fd, GPIO_GET_LINEINFO_IOCTL, struct gpioline_info *info)``
+
+Arguments
+=========
+
+``chip_fd``
+    The file descriptor of the GPIO character device returned by `open()`.
+
+``info``
+    The :c:type:`line_info<gpioline_info>` to be populated, with the
+    ``offset`` field set to indicate the line to be collected.
+
+Description
+===========
+
+Get the publicly available information for a line.
+
+This information is available independent of whether the line is in use.
+
+.. note::
+    The line info does not include the line value.
+
+    The line must be requested using gpio-get-linehandle-ioctl.rst or
+    gpio-get-lineevent-ioctl.rst to access its value.
+
+Return Value
+============
+
+On success 0 and ``info`` is populated with the chip info.
+
+On error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set appropriately.
+Common error codes are described in error-codes.rst.