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diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/dvb/dvbapi.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/dvb/dvbapi.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1dda69343 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/dvb/dvbapi.rst @@ -0,0 +1,118 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GFDL-1.1-no-invariants-or-later +.. include:: <isonum.txt> + +.. _dvbapi: + +######################## +Part II - Digital TV API +######################## + +.. note:: + + This API is also known as Linux **DVB API**. + + It it was originally written to support the European digital TV + standard (DVB), and later extended to support all digital TV standards. + + In order to avoid confusion, within this document, it was opted to refer to + it, and to associated hardware as **Digital TV**. + + The word **DVB** is reserved to be used for: + + - the Digital TV API version + (e. g. DVB API version 3 or DVB API version 5); + - digital TV data types (enums, structs, defines, etc); + - digital TV device nodes (``/dev/dvb/...``); + - the European DVB standard. + +**Version 5.10** + +.. only:: html + + .. class:: toc-title + + Table of Contents + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 5 + :numbered: + + intro + frontend + demux + ca + net + legacy_dvb_apis + examples + headers + + +********************** +Revision and Copyright +********************** + +Authors: + +- J. K. Metzler, Ralph <rjkm@metzlerbros.de> + + - Original author of the Digital TV API documentation. + +- O. C. Metzler, Marcus <rjkm@metzlerbros.de> + + - Original author of the Digital TV API documentation. + +- Carvalho Chehab, Mauro <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> + + - Ported document to Docbook XML, addition of DVBv5 API, documentation gaps fix. + +**Copyright** |copy| 2002-2003 : Convergence GmbH + +**Copyright** |copy| 2009-2017 : Mauro Carvalho Chehab + +**************** +Revision History +**************** + +:revision: 2.2.0 / 2017-09-01 (*mcc*) + +Most gaps between the uAPI document and the Kernel implementation +got fixed for the non-legacy API. + +:revision: 2.1.0 / 2015-05-29 (*mcc*) + +DocBook improvements and cleanups, in order to document the system calls +on a more standard way and provide more description about the current +Digital TV API. + +:revision: 2.0.4 / 2011-05-06 (*mcc*) + +Add more information about DVBv5 API, better describing the frontend +GET/SET props ioctl's. + + +:revision: 2.0.3 / 2010-07-03 (*mcc*) + +Add some frontend capabilities flags, present on kernel, but missing at +the specs. + + +:revision: 2.0.2 / 2009-10-25 (*mcc*) + +documents FE_SET_FRONTEND_TUNE_MODE and +FE_DISHETWORK_SEND_LEGACY_CMD ioctls. + + +:revision: 2.0.1 / 2009-09-16 (*mcc*) + +Added ISDB-T test originally written by Patrick Boettcher + + +:revision: 2.0.0 / 2009-09-06 (*mcc*) + +Conversion from LaTex to DocBook XML. The contents is the same as the +original LaTex version. + + +:revision: 1.0.0 / 2003-07-24 (*rjkm*) + +Initial revision on LaTEX. |