From d5dc2dee5030564ef3228d3a2647d4c25c84fedf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 16:17:00 -0300 Subject: [media] DocBook/frontend.xml: Better document fe_type_t The fe_type_t documentation was incomplete and not linked to the dvb/frontend.h.xml. Properly document it. Also, drop a note that newer formats are only supported via FE_GET_PROPERTY/FE_GET_SET_PROPERTY ioctls. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab --- Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/frontend.xml | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/frontend.xml') diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/frontend.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/frontend.xml index 60c6976fb311..b52f66abbbd4 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/frontend.xml +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/frontend.xml @@ -20,19 +20,44 @@ cards, in which case there exists no frontend device.
Frontend Data Types -
-frontend type +
+Frontend type For historical reasons frontend types are named after the type of modulation used in -transmission. - - typedef enum fe_type { - FE_QPSK, /⋆ DVB-S ⋆/ - FE_QAM, /⋆ DVB-C ⋆/ - FE_OFDM /⋆ DVB-T ⋆/ - } fe_type_t; - - +transmission. The fontend types are given by fe_type_t type, defined as: + + +Frontend types + + &cs-def; + + + fe_type + Description + + + + + FE_QPSK + For DVB-S standard + + + FE_QAM + For DVB-C standard + + + FE_OFDM + For DVB-T standard. Also used for ISDB-T on compatibility mode + + + FE_ATSC + For ATSC standard (terrestrial or cable) + +
+ +Newer formats like DVB-S2, ISDB-T, ISDB-S and DVB-T2 are not described at the above, as they're +supported via the new FE_GET_PROPERTY/FE_GET_SET_PROPERTY method. +
-- cgit v1.2.3