From 60c2820d0f6d3497975b6488e2599f8f611d8b95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2016 11:40:06 -0300 Subject: doc_rst: rename the media Sphinx suff to Documentation/media The name of the subsystem is "media", and not "linux_tv". Also, as we plan to add other stuff there in the future, let's rename also the media uAPI book to media_uapi, to make it clearer. No functional changes. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab --- Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/frontend.rst | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/frontend.rst (limited to 'Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/frontend.rst') diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/frontend.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/frontend.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8c7e502bff1f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/frontend.rst @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +.. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*- + +.. _dvb_frontend: + +################ +DVB Frontend API +################ +The DVB frontend API was designed to support three types of delivery +systems: + +- Terrestrial systems: DVB-T, DVB-T2, ATSC, ATSC M/H, ISDB-T, DVB-H, + DTMB, CMMB + +- Cable systems: DVB-C Annex A/C, ClearQAM (DVB-C Annex B), ISDB-C + +- Satellite systems: DVB-S, DVB-S2, DVB Turbo, ISDB-S, DSS + +The DVB frontend controls several sub-devices including: + +- Tuner + +- Digital TV demodulator + +- Low noise amplifier (LNA) + +- Satellite Equipment Control (SEC) hardware (only for Satellite). + +The frontend can be accessed through ``/dev/dvb/adapter?/frontend?``. +Data types and ioctl definitions can be accessed by including +``linux/dvb/frontend.h`` in your application. + +NOTE: Transmission via the internet (DVB-IP) is not yet handled by this +API but a future extension is possible. + +On Satellite systems, the API support for the Satellite Equipment +Control (SEC) allows to power control and to send/receive signals to +control the antenna subsystem, selecting the polarization and choosing +the Intermediate Frequency IF) of the Low Noise Block Converter Feed +Horn (LNBf). It supports the DiSEqC and V-SEC protocols. The DiSEqC +(digital SEC) specification is available at +`Eutelsat `__. + + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + query-dvb-frontend-info + dvb-fe-read-status + dvbproperty + frontend_fcalls + frontend_legacy_dvbv3_api -- cgit v1.2.3