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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2015-06-25 17:55:48 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2015-06-25 17:55:48 -0700 |
commit | 5b4ca4447757019f11a601b0009534ef84bed801 (patch) | |
tree | 09bc8445e61aea621580d7587c21ac3f2b0cafb4 /Documentation | |
parent | 0db9723cacf4d62bc3685fb15179b39ee4e17679 (diff) | |
parent | faebbd8f134f0c054f372982c8ddd1bbcc41b440 (diff) |
Merge tag 'media/v4.2-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media
Pull media updates from Mauro Carvalho Chehab:
- Lots of improvements at the DVB API DocBook documentation. Now, the
frontend and the network APIs are fully in sync with the Kernel and
looks more like the rest of the media documentation;
- New frontend driver: cx24120
- New driver for a PCI device: cobalt. This driver is actually not
sold in the market, but it is a good example of a multi-HDMI input
device;
- The dt3155 driver were promoted from staging;
- The mantis driver got remote controller support;
- New V4L2 driver for ST bdisp SoC chipsets;
- Make sparse and smatch happier: several bugs were solved by fixing
the issues reported by those static code analyzers.
- Lots of new device additions, new features, improvements and cleanups
at the existing drivers.
* tag 'media/v4.2-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media: (553 commits)
[media] lmedm04: fix the range for relative measurements
[media] lmedm04: use u32 instead of u64 for relative stats
[media] omap3isp: remove unused var
[media] saa7134: fix page size on some archs
[media] use CONFIG_PM_SLEEP for suspend/resume
[media] tuner-i2c: be consistent with I2C declaration
[media] si470x: cleanup define namespace
[media] bdisp: prevent compiling on random arch
[media] vb2: Don't WARN when v4l2_buffer.bytesused is 0 for multiplanar buffers
[media] MAINTAINERS: Add entry for the Renesas VSP1 driver
[media] videodev2.h: fix copy-and-paste error in V4L2_MAP_XFER_FUNC_DEFAULT
[media] Revert "[media] vb2: Push mmap_sem down to memops"
[media] mantis: cleanup a warning
[media] bdisp-debug: don't try to divide by s64
[media] cx88: don't declare restart_video_queue if not used
[media] au0828: move dev->boards atribuition to happen earlier
[media] lmedm04: implement dvb v5 statistics
[media] bdisp: remove unused var
[media] bdisp: remove needless check
ts2020: fix compilation on i386
...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
58 files changed, 3504 insertions, 2204 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/.gitignore b/Documentation/DocBook/media/.gitignore new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..e461c585fde8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/.gitignore @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +!*.svg diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/Makefile b/Documentation/DocBook/media/Makefile index 8bf7c6191296..23996f88cd58 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/Makefile +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/Makefile @@ -65,29 +65,31 @@ IOCTLS = \ $(shell perl -ne 'print "$$1 " if /\#define\s+([^\s]+)\s+_IO/' $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/dvb/video.h) \ $(shell perl -ne 'print "$$1 " if /\#define\s+([^\s]+)\s+_IO/' $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/media.h) \ $(shell perl -ne 'print "$$1 " if /\#define\s+([^\s]+)\s+_IO/' $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-subdev.h) \ - VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_FRAME_INTERVAL \ - VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FRAME_INTERVAL \ - VIDIOC_SUBDEV_ENUM_MBUS_CODE \ - VIDIOC_SUBDEV_ENUM_FRAME_SIZE \ - VIDIOC_SUBDEV_ENUM_FRAME_INTERVAL \ - VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_SELECTION \ - VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_SELECTION \ + +DEFINES = \ + $(shell perl -ne 'print "$$1 " if /\#define\s+(DTV_[^\s]+)\s+/' $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/dvb/frontend.h) \ TYPES = \ - $(shell perl -ne 'print "$$1 " if /^typedef\s+[^\s]+\s+([^\s]+)\;/' $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h) \ - $(shell perl -ne 'print "$$1 " if /^}\s+([a-z0-9_]+_t)/' $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/dvb/frontend.h) + $(shell perl -ne 'print "$$1 " if /^typedef\s+.*\s+(\S+)\;/' $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h) \ + $(shell perl -ne 'print "$$1 " if /^typedef\s+.*\s+(\S+)\;/' $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/dvb/frontend.h) ENUMS = \ - $(shell perl -ne 'print "$$1 " if /^enum\s+([^\s]+)\s+/' $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h) \ - $(shell perl -ne 'print "$$1 " if /^enum\s+([^\s]+)\s+/' $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/dvb/audio.h) \ - $(shell perl -ne 'print "$$1 " if /^enum\s+([^\s]+)\s+/' $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/dvb/ca.h) \ - $(shell perl -ne 'print "$$1 " if /^enum\s+([^\s]+)\s+/' $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/dvb/dmx.h) \ - $(shell perl -ne 'print "$$1 " if /^enum\s+([^\s]+)\s+/' $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/dvb/frontend.h) \ - $(shell perl -ne 'print "$$1 " if /^enum\s+([^\s]+)\s+/' $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/dvb/net.h) \ - $(shell perl -ne 'print "$$1 " if /^enum\s+([^\s]+)\s+/' $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/dvb/video.h) \ - $(shell perl -ne 'print "$$1 " if /^enum\s+([^\s]+)\s+/' $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/media.h) \ - $(shell perl -ne 'print "$$1 " if /^enum\s+([^\s]+)\s+/' $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-mediabus.h) \ - $(shell perl -ne 'print "$$1 " if /^enum\s+([^\s]+)\s+/' $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-subdev.h) + $(shell perl -ne 'print "$$1 " if /^enum\s+([^\s]+)\s+/' \ + $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h \ + $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/dvb/audio.h \ + $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/dvb/ca.h \ + $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/dvb/dmx.h \ + $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/dvb/frontend.h \ + $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/dvb/net.h \ + $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/dvb/video.h \ + $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/media.h \ + $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-mediabus.h \ + $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-subdev.h) + +ENUM_DEFS = \ + $(shell perl -e 'open IN,"cat @ARGV| cpp -fpreprocessed |"; while (<IN>) { if ($$enum) {print "$$1\n" if (/\s*([A-Z]\S+)\b/); } $$enum = 0 if ($$enum && /^\}/); $$enum = 1 if(/^\s*enum\s/); }; close IN;' \ + $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/dvb/dmx.h \ + $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/dvb/frontend.h) STRUCTS = \ $(shell perl -ne 'print "$$1 " if /^struct\s+([^\s]+)\s+/' $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h) \ @@ -95,7 +97,7 @@ STRUCTS = \ $(shell perl -ne 'print "$$1 " if (/^struct\s+([^\s]+)\s+/)' $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/dvb/ca.h) \ $(shell perl -ne 'print "$$1 " if (/^struct\s+([^\s]+)\s+/)' $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/dvb/dmx.h) \ $(shell perl -ne 'print "$$1 " if (!/dtv\_cmds\_h/ && /^struct\s+([^\s]+)\s+/)' $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/dvb/frontend.h) \ - $(shell perl -ne 'print "$$1 " if (/^struct\s+([A-Z][^\s]+)\s+/)' $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/dvb/net.h) \ + $(shell perl -ne 'print "$$1 " if (/^struct\s+([^\s]+)\s+/ && !/_old/)' $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/dvb/net.h) \ $(shell perl -ne 'print "$$1 " if (/^struct\s+([^\s]+)\s+/)' $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/dvb/video.h) \ $(shell perl -ne 'print "$$1 " if /^struct\s+([^\s]+)\s+/' $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/media.h) \ $(shell perl -ne 'print "$$1 " if /^struct\s+([^\s]+)\s+/' $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-subdev.h) \ @@ -179,7 +181,6 @@ DOCUMENTED = \ -e "s/v4l2\-mpeg\-vbi\-ITV0/v4l2-mpeg-vbi-itv0-1/g" DVB_DOCUMENTED = \ - -e "s/\(linkend\=\"\)FE_SET_PROPERTY/\1FE_GET_PROPERTY/g" \ -e "s,\(struct\s\+\)\([a-z0-9_]\+\)\(\s\+{\),\1\<link linkend=\"\2\">\2\<\/link\>\3,g" \ -e "s,\(}\s\+\)\([a-z0-9_]\+_t\+\),\1\<link linkend=\"\2\">\2\<\/link\>,g" \ -e "s,\(define\s\+\)\(DTV_[A-Z0-9_]\+\)\(\s\+[0-9]\+\),\1\<link linkend=\"\2\">\2\<\/link\>\3,g" \ @@ -188,14 +189,17 @@ DVB_DOCUMENTED = \ -e "s,\(audio-mixer\|audio-karaoke\|audio-status\|ca-slot-info\|ca-descr-info\|ca-caps\|ca-msg\|ca-descr\|ca-pid\|dmx-filter\|dmx-caps\|video-system\|video-highlight\|video-spu\|video-spu-palette\|video-navi-pack\)-t,\1,g" \ -e "s,DTV-ISDBT-LAYER[A-C],DTV-ISDBT-LAYER,g" \ -e "s,\(define\s\+\)\([A-Z0-9_]\+\)\(\s\+_IO\),\1\<link linkend=\"\2\">\2\<\/link\>\3,g" \ + -e "s,\(define\s\+\)\(DTV_[A-Z0-9_]\+\)\(\s\+\),\1\<link linkend=\"\2\">\2\<\/link\>\3,g" \ -e "s,<link\s\+linkend=\".*\">\(__.*_OLD\)<\/link>,\1,g" \ + -e "s/\(linkend\=\"\)FE_SET_PROPERTY/\1FE_GET_PROPERTY/g" \ + -e "s,<link\s\+linkend=\".*\">\(DTV_ISDBS_TS_ID_LEGACY\|DTV_MAX_COMMAND\|DTV_IOCTL_MAX_MSGS\)<\/link>,\1,g" \ # # Media targets and dependencies # install_media_images = \ - $(Q)-cp $(OBJIMGFILES) $(MEDIA_SRC_DIR)/v4l/*.svg $(MEDIA_OBJ_DIR)/media_api + $(Q)-cp $(OBJIMGFILES) $(MEDIA_SRC_DIR)/*.svg $(MEDIA_SRC_DIR)/v4l/*.svg $(MEDIA_OBJ_DIR)/media_api $(MEDIA_OBJ_DIR)/%: $(MEDIA_SRC_DIR)/%.b64 $(Q)base64 -d $< >$@ @@ -243,9 +247,14 @@ $(MEDIA_OBJ_DIR)/dmx.h.xml: $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/dvb/dmx.h $(MEDIA_OBJ_ @( \ echo "<programlisting>") > $@ @( \ + for ident in $(ENUM_DEFS) ; do \ + entity=`echo $$ident | tr _ -` ; \ + r="$$r s/([^\w\-])$$ident([^\w\-])/\1\&$$entity\;\2/g;";\ + done; \ expand --tabs=8 < $< | \ sed $(ESCAPE) $(DVB_DOCUMENTED) | \ - sed 's/i\.e\./&ie;/') >> $@ + sed 's/i\.e\./&ie;/' | \ + perl -ne "$$r print $$_;") >> $@ @( \ echo "</programlisting>") >> $@ @@ -254,9 +263,14 @@ $(MEDIA_OBJ_DIR)/frontend.h.xml: $(srctree)/include/uapi/linux/dvb/frontend.h $( @( \ echo "<programlisting>") > $@ @( \ + for ident in $(ENUM_DEFS) ; do \ + entity=`echo $$ident | tr _ -` ; \ + r="$$r s/([^\w\-])$$ident([^\w\-])/\1\&$$entity\;\2/g;";\ + done; \ expand --tabs=8 < $< | \ sed $(ESCAPE) $(DVB_DOCUMENTED) | \ - sed 's/i\.e\./&ie;/') >> $@ + sed 's/i\.e\./&ie;/' | \ + perl -ne "$$r print $$_;") >> $@ @( \ echo "</programlisting>") >> $@ @@ -298,11 +312,22 @@ $(MEDIA_OBJ_DIR)/media-entities.tmpl: $(MEDIA_OBJ_DIR)/v4l2.xml @( \ echo -e "\n<!-- Ioctls -->") >>$@ @( \ - for ident in $(IOCTLS) ; do \ + for ident in `echo $(IOCTLS) | sed -e "s,VIDIOC_RESERVED,,"`; do\ entity=`echo $$ident | tr _ -` ; \ - id=`grep "<refname>$$ident" $(MEDIA_OBJ_DIR)/vidioc-*.xml $(MEDIA_OBJ_DIR)/media-ioc-*.xml | sed -r s,"^.*/(.*).xml.*","\1",` ; \ - echo "<!ENTITY $$entity \"<link" \ + id=`grep -e "<refname>$$ident" -e "<section id=\"$$ident\"" $$(find $(MEDIA_SRC_DIR) -name *.xml -type f)| sed -r s,"^.*/(.*).xml.*","\1",` ; \ + if [ "$$id" != "" ]; then echo "<!ENTITY $$entity \"<link" \ "linkend='$$id'><constant>$$ident</constant></link>\">" \ + >>$@ ; else \ + echo "Warning: undocumented ioctl: $$ident. Please document it at the media DocBook!" >&2; \ + fi; \ + done) + @( \ + echo -e "\n<!-- Defines -->") >>$@ + @( \ + for ident in $(DEFINES) ; do \ + entity=`echo $$ident | tr _ -` ; \ + echo "<!ENTITY $$entity \"<link" \ + "linkend='$$entity'><constant>$$ident</constant></link>\">" \ >>$@ ; \ done) @( \ @@ -322,6 +347,15 @@ $(MEDIA_OBJ_DIR)/media-entities.tmpl: $(MEDIA_OBJ_DIR)/v4l2.xml "linkend='$$entity'>$$ident</link>\">" >>$@ ; \ done) @( \ + echo -e "\n<!-- Enum definitions -->") >>$@ + @( \ + for ident in $(ENUM_DEFS) ; do \ + entity=`echo $$ident | tr _ -` ; \ + echo "<!ENTITY $$entity \"<link" \ + "linkend='$$entity'><constant>$$ident</constant></link>\">" \ + >>$@ ; \ + done) + @( \ echo -e "\n<!-- Structures -->") >>$@ @( \ for ident in $(STRUCTS) ; do \ diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/audio.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/audio.xml index a7ea56c71a27..ea56743ddbe7 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/audio.xml +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/audio.xml @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ <title>DVB Audio Device</title> <para>The DVB audio device controls the MPEG2 audio decoder of the DVB hardware. It -can be accessed through <emphasis role="tt">/dev/dvb/adapter0/audio0</emphasis>. Data types and and -ioctl definitions can be accessed by including <emphasis role="tt">linux/dvb/audio.h</emphasis> in your +can be accessed through <constant>/dev/dvb/adapter?/audio?</constant>. Data types and and +ioctl definitions can be accessed by including <constant>linux/dvb/audio.h</constant> in your application. </para> <para>Please note that some DVB cards don’t have their own MPEG decoder, which results in @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ typedef enum { </programlisting> <para>AUDIO_SOURCE_DEMUX selects the demultiplexer (fed either by the frontend or the DVR device) as the source of the video stream. If AUDIO_SOURCE_MEMORY -is selected the stream comes from the application through the <emphasis role="tt">write()</emphasis> system +is selected the stream comes from the application through the <constant>write()</constant> system call. </para> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/ca.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/ca.xml index 85eaf4fe2931..d0b07e763908 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/ca.xml +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/ca.xml @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ <title>DVB CA Device</title> <para>The DVB CA device controls the conditional access hardware. It can be accessed through -<emphasis role="tt">/dev/dvb/adapter0/ca0</emphasis>. Data types and and ioctl definitions can be accessed by -including <emphasis role="tt">linux/dvb/ca.h</emphasis> in your application. +<constant>/dev/dvb/adapter?/ca?</constant>. Data types and and ioctl definitions can be accessed by +including <constant>linux/dvb/ca.h</constant> in your application. </para> <section id="ca_data_types"> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/demux.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/demux.xml index c8683d66f059..34f2fb1cd601 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/demux.xml +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/demux.xml @@ -1,33 +1,50 @@ <title>DVB Demux Device</title> <para>The DVB demux device controls the filters of the DVB hardware/software. It can be -accessed through <emphasis role="tt">/dev/adapter0/demux0</emphasis>. Data types and and ioctl definitions can be -accessed by including <emphasis role="tt">linux/dvb/dmx.h</emphasis> in your application. +accessed through <constant>/dev/adapter?/demux?</constant>. Data types and and ioctl definitions can be +accessed by including <constant>linux/dvb/dmx.h</constant> in your application. </para> <section id="dmx_types"> <title>Demux Data Types</title> <section id="dmx-output-t"> -<title>dmx_output_t</title> -<programlisting> -typedef enum -{ - DMX_OUT_DECODER, /⋆ Streaming directly to decoder. ⋆/ - DMX_OUT_TAP, /⋆ Output going to a memory buffer ⋆/ - /⋆ (to be retrieved via the read command).⋆/ - DMX_OUT_TS_TAP, /⋆ Output multiplexed into a new TS ⋆/ - /⋆ (to be retrieved by reading from the ⋆/ - /⋆ logical DVR device). ⋆/ - DMX_OUT_TSDEMUX_TAP /⋆ Like TS_TAP but retrieved from the DMX device ⋆/ -} dmx_output_t; -</programlisting> -<para><emphasis role="tt">DMX_OUT_TAP</emphasis> delivers the stream output to the demux device on which the ioctl is -called. -</para> -<para><emphasis role="tt">DMX_OUT_TS_TAP</emphasis> routes output to the logical DVR device <emphasis role="tt">/dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0</emphasis>, -which delivers a TS multiplexed from all filters for which <emphasis role="tt">DMX_OUT_TS_TAP</emphasis> was -specified. -</para> +<title>Output for the demux</title> + +<table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="dmx-output"> + <title>enum dmx_output</title> + <tgroup cols="2"> + &cs-def; + <thead> + <row> + <entry>ID</entry> + <entry>Description</entry> + </row> + </thead> + <tbody valign="top"> + <row> + <entry align="char" id="DMX-OUT-DECODER">DMX_OUT_DECODER</entry> + <entry>Streaming directly to decoder.</entry> + </row><row> + <entry align="char" id="DMX-OUT-TAP">DMX_OUT_TAP</entry> + <entry>Output going to a memory buffer (to be retrieved via the + read command). Delivers the stream output to the demux + device on which the ioctl is called.</entry> + </row><row> + <entry align="char" id="DMX-OUT-TS-TAP">DMX_OUT_TS_TAP</entry> + <entry>Output multiplexed into a new TS (to be retrieved by + reading from the logical DVR device). Routes output to the + logical DVR device <constant>/dev/dvb/adapter?/dvr?</constant>, + which delivers a TS multiplexed from all filters for which + <constant>DMX_OUT_TS_TAP</constant> was specified.</entry> + </row><row> + <entry align="char" id="DMX-OUT-TSDEMUX-TAP">DMX_OUT_TSDEMUX_TAP</entry> + <entry>Like &DMX-OUT-TS-TAP; but retrieved from the DMX + device.</entry> + </row> + </tbody> + </tgroup> +</table> + </section> <section id="dmx-input-t"> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/dvbapi.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/dvbapi.xml index 4c15396c67e5..858fd7d17104 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/dvbapi.xml +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/dvbapi.xml @@ -28,13 +28,23 @@ <holder>Convergence GmbH</holder> </copyright> <copyright> - <year>2009-2014</year> + <year>2009-2015</year> <holder>Mauro Carvalho Chehab</holder> </copyright> <revhistory> <!-- Put document revisions here, newest first. --> <revision> + <revnumber>2.1.0</revnumber> + <date>2015-05-29</date> + <authorinitials>mcc</authorinitials> + <revremark> + DocBook improvements and cleanups, in order to document the + system calls on a more standard way and provide more description + about the current DVB API. + </revremark> +</revision> +<revision> <revnumber>2.0.4</revnumber> <date>2011-05-06</date> <authorinitials>mcc</authorinitials> @@ -95,18 +105,26 @@ Added ISDB-T test originally written by Patrick Boettcher <chapter id="dvb_demux"> &sub-demux; </chapter> - <chapter id="dvb_video"> - &sub-video; - </chapter> - <chapter id="dvb_audio"> - &sub-audio; - </chapter> <chapter id="dvb_ca"> &sub-ca; </chapter> - <chapter id="dvb_net"> + <chapter id="net"> &sub-net; </chapter> + <chapter id="legacy_dvb_apis"> + <title>DVB Deprecated APIs</title> + <para>The APIs described here are kept only for historical reasons. There's + just one driver for a very legacy hardware that uses this API. No + modern drivers should use it. Instead, audio and video should be using + the V4L2 and ALSA APIs, and the pipelines should be set using the + Media Controller API</para> + <section id="dvb_video"> + &sub-video; + </section> + <section id="dvb_audio"> + &sub-audio; + </section> + </chapter> <chapter id="dvb_kdapi"> &sub-kdapi; </chapter> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/dvbproperty.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/dvbproperty.xml index 3018564ddfd9..08227d4e9150 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/dvbproperty.xml +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/dvbproperty.xml @@ -1,14 +1,88 @@ -<section id="FE_GET_SET_PROPERTY"> -<title><constant>FE_GET_PROPERTY/FE_SET_PROPERTY</constant></title> -<para>This section describes the DVB version 5 extension of the DVB-API, also -called "S2API", as this API were added to provide support for DVB-S2. It was -designed to be able to replace the old frontend API. Yet, the DISEQC and -the capability ioctls weren't implemented yet via the new way.</para> -<para>The typical usage for the <constant>FE_GET_PROPERTY/FE_SET_PROPERTY</constant> -API is to replace the ioctl's were the <link linkend="dvb-frontend-parameters"> -struct <constant>dvb_frontend_parameters</constant></link> were used.</para> +<section id="frontend-properties"> +<title>DVB Frontend properties</title> +<para>Tuning into a Digital TV physical channel and starting decoding it + requires changing a set of parameters, in order to control the + tuner, the demodulator, the Linear Low-noise Amplifier (LNA) and to set the + antenna subsystem via Satellite Equipment Control (SEC), on satellite + systems. The actual parameters are specific to each particular digital + TV standards, and may change as the digital TV specs evolves.</para> +<para>In the past, the strategy used was to have a union with the parameters + needed to tune for DVB-S, DVB-C, DVB-T and ATSC delivery systems grouped + there. The problem is that, as the second generation standards appeared, + those structs were not big enough to contain the additional parameters. + Also, the union didn't have any space left to be expanded without breaking + userspace. So, the decision was to deprecate the legacy union/struct based + approach, in favor of a properties set approach.</para> + +<para>NOTE: on Linux DVB API version 3, setting a frontend were done via + <link linkend="dvb-frontend-parameters">struct <constant>dvb_frontend_parameters</constant></link>. + This got replaced on version 5 (also called "S2API", as this API were + added originally_enabled to provide support for DVB-S2), because the old + API has a very limited support to new standards and new hardware. This + section describes the new and recommended way to set the frontend, with + suppports all digital TV delivery systems.</para> + +<para>Example: with the properties based approach, in order to set the tuner + to a DVB-C channel at 651 kHz, modulated with 256-QAM, FEC 3/4 and symbol + rate of 5.217 Mbauds, those properties should be sent to + <link linkend="FE_GET_PROPERTY"><constant>FE_SET_PROPERTY</constant></link> ioctl:</para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para>&DTV-DELIVERY-SYSTEM; = SYS_DVBC_ANNEX_A</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>&DTV-FREQUENCY; = 651000000</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>&DTV-MODULATION; = QAM_256</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>&DTV-INVERSION; = INVERSION_AUTO</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>&DTV-SYMBOL-RATE; = 5217000</para></listitem |