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author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2016-07-08 17:40:06 +0300 |
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committer | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2016-07-08 17:59:40 +0300 |
commit | 60c2820d0f6d3497975b6488e2599f8f611d8b95 (patch) | |
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parent | a97369b5e21ea9b8b5fef7c0f4f48bbe60c07ca3 (diff) | |
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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 <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/fe-get-property.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/fe-get-property.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..749daafe6b21 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/fe-get-property.rst @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +.. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*- + +.. _FE_GET_PROPERTY: + +************************************** +ioctl FE_SET_PROPERTY, FE_GET_PROPERTY +************************************** + +Name +==== + +FE_SET_PROPERTY - FE_GET_PROPERTY - FE_SET_PROPERTY sets one or more frontend properties. - FE_GET_PROPERTY returns one or more frontend properties. + + +Synopsis +======== + +.. cpp:function:: int ioctl( int fd, int request, struct dtv_properties *argp ) + + +Arguments +========= + +``fd`` + File descriptor returned by :ref:`open() <frontend_f_open>`. + +``request`` + FE_SET_PROPERTY, FE_GET_PROPERTY + +``argp`` + pointer to struct :ref:`dtv_properties <dtv-properties>` + + +Description +=========== + +All DVB frontend devices support the ``FE_SET_PROPERTY`` and +``FE_GET_PROPERTY`` ioctls. The supported properties and statistics +depends on the delivery system and on the device: + +- ``FE_SET_PROPERTY:`` + + - This ioctl is used to set one or more frontend properties. + + - This is the basic command to request the frontend to tune into + some frequency and to start decoding the digital TV signal. + + - This call requires read/write access to the device. + + - At return, the values are updated to reflect the actual parameters + used. + +- ``FE_GET_PROPERTY:`` + + - This ioctl is used to get properties and statistics from the + frontend. + + - No properties are changed, and statistics aren't reset. + + - This call only requires read-only access to the device. + + +Return Value +============ + +On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set +appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the +:ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter. |