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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/frontend_legacy_api.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/frontend_legacy_api.xml index e2817f830312..1eedc4ce0e4a 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/frontend_legacy_api.xml +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/frontend_legacy_api.xml @@ -45,9 +45,19 @@ supported via the new <link linkend="FE_GET_PROPERTY">FE_GET_PROPERTY/FE_GET_SET_PROPERTY</link> ioctl's, using the <link linkend="DTV-DELIVERY-SYSTEM">DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM</link> parameter. </para> -<para>The usage of this field is deprecated, as it doesn't report all supported standards, and -will provide an incomplete information for frontends that support multiple delivery systems. -Please use <link linkend="DTV-ENUM-DELSYS">DTV_ENUM_DELSYS</link> instead.</para> +<para>In the old days, &dvb-frontend-info; used to contain + <constant>fe_type_t</constant> field to indicate the delivery systems, + filled with either FE_QPSK, FE_QAM, FE_OFDM or FE_ATSC. While this is + still filled to keep backward compatibility, the usage of this + field is deprecated, as it can report just one delivery system, but some + devices support multiple delivery systems. Please use + <link linkend="DTV-ENUM-DELSYS">DTV_ENUM_DELSYS</link> instead. +</para> +<para>On devices that support multiple delivery systems, + &dvb-frontend-info;::<constant>fe_type_t</constant> is filled with the + currently standard, as selected by the last call to + <link linkend="FE_GET_PROPERTY">FE_SET_PROPERTY</link> + using the &DTV-DELIVERY-SYSTEM; property.</para> </section> |