diff -ur a/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv.h b/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv.h
--- a/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv.h	2008-01-24 23:58:37.000000000 +0100
+++ b/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv.h	2008-02-03 16:56:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -263,8 +263,12 @@
 /* ---------------------------------------------------------- */
 /* exported by bttv-if.c                                      */
 
-/* this obsolete -- please use the sysfs-based
-   interface below for new code */
+/* returns card type + card ID (for bt878-based ones) for possible
+   values see lines below beginning with #define BTTV_BOARD_UNKNOWN
+   returns negative value if error occurred
+*/
+extern int bttv_get_cardinfo(unsigned int card, int *type,
+			     unsigned int *cardid);
 
 extern struct pci_dev* bttv_get_pcidev(unsigned int card);
 
@@ -287,6 +291,16 @@
 extern int bttv_write_gpio(unsigned int card,
 			   unsigned long mask, unsigned long data);
 
+/* returns pointer to task queue which can be used as parameter to
+   interruptible_sleep_on
+   in interrupt handler if BT848_INT_GPINT bit is set - this queue is activated
+   (wake_up_interruptible) and following call to the function bttv_read_gpio
+   should return new value of GPDATA,
+   returns NULL value if error occurred or queue is not available
+   WARNING: because there is no buffer for GPIO data, one MUST
+   process data ASAP
+*/
+extern wait_queue_head_t *bttv_get_gpio_queue(unsigned int card);
 
 
 
diff -ur a/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-if.c b/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-if.c
--- a/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-if.c	2008-01-24 23:58:37.000000000 +0100
+++ b/drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-if.c	2008-02-03 16:56:56.000000000 +0100
@@ -43,6 +43,16 @@
 /*                      gpio ports (IR for example)                        */
 /*                      see bttv.h for comments                            */
 
+int bttv_get_cardinfo(unsigned int card, int *type, unsigned *cardid)
+{
+	if (card >= bttv_num)
+		return -1;
+	*type   = bttvs[card].c.type;
+	*cardid = bttvs[card].cardid;
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bttv_get_cardinfo);
+
 struct pci_dev* bttv_get_pcidev(unsigned int card)
 {
 	if (card >= bttv_num)
@@ -104,6 +114,20 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+wait_queue_head_t *bttv_get_gpio_queue(unsigned int card)
+{
+	struct bttv *btv;
+
+	if (card >= bttv_num)
+		return NULL;
+
+	btv = &bttvs[card];
+	if (bttvs[card].shutdown)
+		return NULL;
+	return &btv->gpioq;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bttv_get_gpio_queue);
+
 /*
  * Local variables:
  * c-basic-offset: 8