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diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dvbproperty.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dvbproperty.rst index 843f1d70aff0..c40943be5925 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dvbproperty.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dvbproperty.rst @@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ .. _frontend-properties: -DVB Frontend properties -======================= +************** +Property types +************** Tuning into a Digital TV physical channel and starting decoding it requires changing a set of parameters, in order to control the tuner, @@ -20,10 +21,15 @@ enough to group the structs that would be required for those new standards. Also, extending it would break userspace. So, the legacy union/struct based approach was deprecated, in favor -of a properties set approach. +of a properties set approach. On such approach, +:ref:`FE_GET_PROPERTY and FE_SET_PROPERTY <FE_GET_PROPERTY>` are used +to setup the frontend and read its status. + +The actual action is determined by a set of dtv_property cmd/data pairs. +With one single ioctl, is possible to get/set up to 64 properties. This section describes the new and recommended way to set the frontend, -with suppports all digital TV delivery systems. +with supports all digital TV delivery systems. .. note:: @@ -63,12 +69,9 @@ Mbauds, those properties should be sent to The code that would that would do the above is show in :ref:`dtv-prop-example`. -.. _dtv-prop-example: - -Example: Setting digital TV frontend properties -=============================================== - .. code-block:: c + :caption: Example: Setting digital TV frontend properties + :name: dtv-prop-example #include <stdio.h> #include <fcntl.h> @@ -112,17 +115,12 @@ Example: Setting digital TV frontend properties provides methods for usual operations like program scanning and to read/write channel descriptor files. - .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 - dtv-stats - dtv-fe-stats - dtv-property - dtv-properties - dvbproperty-006 fe_property_parameters frontend-stat-properties frontend-property-terrestrial-systems frontend-property-cable-systems frontend-property-satellite-systems + frontend-header |