printk(KERN_INFO "bttv%d: ==================  END STATUS CARD #%d  ==================\n", btv->c.nr, btv->c.nr);
                return 0;
        }
+#ifdef CONFIG_VIDEO_ADV_DEBUG
+       case VIDIOC_DBG_G_REGISTER:
+       case VIDIOC_DBG_S_REGISTER:
+       {
+               struct v4l2_register *reg = arg;
+               if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+                       return -EPERM;
+               if (!v4l2_chip_match_host(reg->match_type, reg->match_chip))
+                       return -EINVAL;
+               /* bt848 has a 12-bit register space */
+               reg->reg &= 0xfff;
+               if (cmd == VIDIOC_DBG_G_REGISTER)
+                       reg->val = btread(reg->reg);
+               else
+                       btwrite(reg->val, reg->reg);
+               return 0;
+       }
+#endif
 
        default:
                return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
        case VIDIOC_G_FREQUENCY:
        case VIDIOC_S_FREQUENCY:
        case VIDIOC_LOG_STATUS:
+       case VIDIOC_DBG_G_REGISTER:
+       case VIDIOC_DBG_S_REGISTER:
                return bttv_common_ioctls(btv,cmd,arg);
 
        default:
        case VIDIOCGAUDIO:
        case VIDIOCSAUDIO:
        case VIDIOC_LOG_STATUS:
+       case VIDIOC_DBG_G_REGISTER:
+       case VIDIOC_DBG_S_REGISTER:
                return bttv_common_ioctls(btv,cmd,arg);
 
        default: