summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/Documentation
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2011-05-06 12:32:03 -0300
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2011-05-20 09:30:53 -0300
commit0ed08b496c1be29e1b709ee853038f749f550072 (patch)
treecc47d4414b6f51e1581a28cc7feddc4a95d04615 /Documentation
parent5a0deeed5741117ee8625d6305d0034e219f102c (diff)
DocBook/dvb: Improve description of the DVB API v5
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/dvb/dvbapi.xml8
-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/dvb/dvbproperty.xml375
2 files changed, 315 insertions, 68 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/dvbapi.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/dvbapi.xml
index ad8678d48916..9fad86ce7f5e 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/dvbapi.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/dvbapi.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@
<revhistory>
<!-- Put document revisions here, newest first. -->
<revision>
+ <revnumber>2.0.4</revnumber>
+ <date>2011-05-06</date>
+ <authorinitials>mcc</authorinitials>
+ <revremark>
+ Add more information about DVB APIv5, better describing the frontend GET/SET props ioctl's.
+ </revremark>
+</revision>
+<revision>
<revnumber>2.0.3</revnumber>
<date>2010-07-03</date>
<authorinitials>mcc</authorinitials>
diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/dvbproperty.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/dvbproperty.xml
index 97f397e2fb3a..05ce60362e23 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/dvbproperty.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/dvb/dvbproperty.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,312 @@
-<section id="FE_GET_PROPERTY">
+<section id="FE_GET_SET_PROPERTY">
<title>FE_GET_PROPERTY/FE_SET_PROPERTY</title>
+<programlisting>
+/* Reserved fields should be set to 0 */
+struct dtv_property {
+ __u32 cmd;
+ union {
+ __u32 data;
+ struct {
+ __u8 data[32];
+ __u32 len;
+ __u32 reserved1[3];
+ void *reserved2;
+ } buffer;
+ } u;
+ int result;
+} __attribute__ ((packed));
+
+/* num of properties cannot exceed DTV_IOCTL_MAX_MSGS per ioctl */
+#define DTV_IOCTL_MAX_MSGS 64
+
+struct dtv_properties {
+ __u32 num;
+ struct dtv_property *props;
+};
+</programlisting>
+
+<section id="FE_GET_PROPERTY">
+<title>FE_GET_PROPERTY</title>
+<para>DESCRIPTION
+</para>
+<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry
+ align="char">
+<para>This ioctl call returns one or more frontend properties. This call only
+ requires read-only access to the device.</para>
+</entry>
+ </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
+<para>SYNOPSIS
+</para>
+<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry
+ align="char">
+<para>int ioctl(int fd, int request = <link linkend="FE_GET_PROPERTY">FE_GET_PROPERTY</link>,
+ dtv_properties &#x22C6;props);</para>
+</entry>
+ </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
+<para>PARAMETERS
+</para>
+<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry align="char">
+<para>int fd</para>
+</entry><entry
+ align="char">
+<para>File descriptor returned by a previous call to open().</para>
+</entry>
+ </row><row><entry
+ align="char">
+<para>int num</para>
+</entry><entry
+ align="char">
+<para>Equals <link linkend="FE_GET_PROPERTY">FE_GET_PROPERTY</link> for this command.</para>
+</entry>
+ </row><row><entry
+ align="char">
+<para>struct dtv_property *props</para>
+</entry><entry
+ align="char">
+<para>Points to the location where the front-end property commands are stored.</para>
+</entry>
+ </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
+<para>ERRORS</para>
+<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row>
+ <entry align="char"><para>EINVAL</para></entry>
+ <entry align="char"><para>Invalid parameter(s) received or number of parameters out of the range.</para></entry>
+ </row><row>
+ <entry align="char"><para>ENOMEM</para></entry>
+ <entry align="char"><para>Out of memory.</para></entry>
+ </row><row>
+ <entry align="char"><para>EFAULT</para></entry>
+ <entry align="char"><para>Failure while copying data from/to userspace.</para></entry>
+ </row><row>
+ <entry align="char"><para>EOPNOTSUPP</para></entry>
+ <entry align="char"><para>Property type not supported.</para></entry>
+ </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
+</section>
+
+<section id="FE_SET_PROPERTY">
+<title>FE_SET_PROPERTY</title>
+<para>DESCRIPTION
+</para>
+<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry
+ align="char">
+<para>This ioctl call sets one or more frontend properties. This call only
+ requires read-only access to the device.</para>
+</entry>
+ </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
+<para>SYNOPSIS
+</para>
+<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry
+ align="char">
+<para>int ioctl(int fd, int request = <link linkend="FE_SET_PROPERTY">FE_SET_PROPERTY</link>,
+ dtv_properties &#x22C6;props);</para>
+</entry>
+ </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
+<para>PARAMETERS
+</para>
+<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry align="char">
+<para>int fd</para>
+</entry><entry
+ align="char">
+<para>File descriptor returned by a previous call to open().</para>
+</entry>
+ </row><row><entry
+ align="char">
+<para>int num</para>
+</entry><entry
+ align="char">
+<para>Equals <link linkend="FE_SET_PROPERTY">FE_SET_PROPERTY</link> for this command.</para>
+</entry>
+ </row><row><entry
+ align="char">
+<para>struct dtv_property *props</para>
+</entry><entry
+ align="char">
+<para>Points to the location where the front-end property commands are stored.</para>
+</entry>
+ </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
+<para>ERRORS
+</para>
+<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row>
+ <entry align="char"><para>EINVAL</para></entry>
+ <entry align="char"><para>Invalid parameter(s) received or number of parameters out of the range.</para></entry>
+ </row><row>
+ <entry align="char"><para>ENOMEM</para></entry>
+ <entry align="char"><para>Out of memory.</para></entry>
+ </row><row>
+ <entry align="char"><para>EFAULT</para></entry>
+ <entry align="char"><para>Failure while copying data from/to userspace.</para></entry>
+ </row><row>
+ <entry align="char"><para>EOPNOTSUPP</para></entry>
+ <entry align="char"><para>Property type not supported.</para></entry>
+ </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
+</section>
+
+<para>
+On <link linkend="FE_GET_PROPERTY">FE_GET_PROPERTY</link>/<link linkend="FE_SET_PROPERTY">FE_SET_PROPERTY</link>,
+the actual action is determined by the dtv_property cmd/data pairs. With one single ioctl, is possible to
+get/set up to 64 properties. The actual meaning of each property is described on the next sections.
+</para>
+
+<para>The Available frontend property types are:</para>
+<programlisting>
+#define DTV_UNDEFINED 0
+#define DTV_TUNE 1
+#define DTV_CLEAR 2
+#define DTV_FREQUENCY 3
+#define DTV_MODULATION 4
+#define DTV_BANDWIDTH_HZ 5
+#define DTV_INVERSION 6
+#define DTV_DISEQC_MASTER 7
+#define DTV_SYMBOL_RATE 8
+#define DTV_INNER_FEC 9
+#define DTV_VOLTAGE 10
+#define DTV_TONE 11
+#define DTV_PILOT 12
+#define DTV_ROLLOFF 13
+#define DTV_DISEQC_SLAVE_REPLY 14
+#define DTV_FE_CAPABILITY_COUNT 15
+#define DTV_FE_CAPABILITY 16
+#define DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM 17
+#define DTV_ISDBT_PARTIAL_RECEPTION 18
+#define DTV_ISDBT_SOUND_BROADCASTING 19
+#define DTV_ISDBT_SB_SUBCHANNEL_ID 20
+#define DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_IDX 21
+#define DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_COUNT 22
+#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERA_FEC 23
+#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERA_MODULATION 24
+#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERA_SEGMENT_COUNT 25
+#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERA_TIME_INTERLEAVING 26
+#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERB_FEC 27
+#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERB_MODULATION 28
+#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERB_SEGMENT_COUNT 29
+#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERB_TIME_INTERLEAVING 30
+#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERC_FEC 31
+#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERC_MODULATION 32
+#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERC_SEGMENT_COUNT 33
+#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERC_TIME_INTERLEAVING 34
+#define DTV_API_VERSION 35
+#define DTV_CODE_RATE_HP 36
+#define DTV_CODE_RATE_LP 37
+#define DTV_GUARD_INTERVAL 38
+#define DTV_TRANSMISSION_MODE 39
+#define DTV_HIERARCHY 40
+#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYER_ENABLED 41
+#define DTV_ISDBS_TS_ID 42
+</programlisting>
+
+<section id="fe_property_common">
+ <title>Parameters that are common to all Digital TV standards</title>
+ <section id="DTV_FREQUENCY">
+ <title><constant>DTV_FREQUENCY</constant></title>
+
+ <para>Central frequency of the channel, in HZ.</para>
+
+ <para>Notes:</para>
+ <para>1)For ISDB-T, the channels are usually transmitted with an offset of 143kHz.
+ E.g. a valid frequncy could be 474143 kHz. The stepping is bound to the bandwidth of
+ the channel which is 6MHz.</para>
+
+ <para>2)As in ISDB-Tsb the channel consists of only one or three segments the
+ frequency step is 429kHz, 3*429 respectively. As for ISDB-T the
+ central frequency of the channel is expected.</para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="DTV_BANDWIDTH_HZ">
+ <title><constant>DTV_BANDWIDTH_HZ</constant></title>
+
+ <para>Bandwidth for the channel, in HZ.</para>
+
+ <para>Possible values:
+ <constant>6000000</constant>,
+ <constant>7000000</constant>,
+ <constant>8000000</constant>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>Notes:</para>
+
+ <para>1) For ISDB-T it should be always 6000000Hz (6MHz)</para>
+ <para>2) For ISDB-Tsb it can vary depending on the number of connected segments</para>
+ <para>3) Bandwidth doesn't apply for DVB-C transmissions, as the bandwidth
+ for DVB-C depends on the symbol rate</para>
+ <para>4) Bandwidth in ISDB-T is fixed (6MHz) or can be easily derived from
+ other parameters (DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_IDX,
+ DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_COUNT).</para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM">
+ <title><constant>DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM</constant></title>
+
+ <para>Specifies the type of Delivery system</para>
+
+ <para>Possible values: </para>
+<programlisting>
+typedef enum fe_delivery_system {
+ SYS_UNDEFINED,
+ SYS_DVBC_ANNEX_AC,
+ SYS_DVBC_ANNEX_B,
+ SYS_DVBT,
+ SYS_DSS,
+ SYS_DVBS,
+ SYS_DVBS2,
+ SYS_DVBH,
+ SYS_ISDBT,
+ SYS_ISDBS,
+ SYS_ISDBC,
+ SYS_ATSC,
+ SYS_ATSCMH,
+ SYS_DMBTH,
+ SYS_CMMB,
+ SYS_DAB,
+} fe_delivery_system_t;
+</programlisting>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="DTV_TRANSMISSION_MODE">
+ <title><constant>DTV_TRANSMISSION_MODE</constant></title>
+
+ <para>Specifies the number of carriers used by the standard</para>
+
+ <para>Possible values are:</para>
+<programlisting>
+typedef enum fe_transmit_mode {
+ TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K,
+ TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K,
+ TRANSMISSION_MODE_AUTO,
+ TRANSMISSION_MODE_4K
+} fe_transmit_mode_t;
+</programlisting>
+
+ <para>Notes:</para>
+ <para>1) ISDB-T supports three carrier/symbol-size: 8K, 4K, 2K. It is called
+ 'mode' in the standard: Mode 1 is 2K, mode 2 is 4K, mode 3 is 8K</para>
+
+ <para>2) If <constant>DTV_TRANSMISSION_MODE</constant> is set the <constant>TRANSMISSION_MODE_AUTO</constant> the
+ hardware will try to find the correct FFT-size (if capable) and will
+ use TMCC to fill in the missing parameters.</para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="DTV_GUARD_INTERVAL">
+ <title><constant>DTV_GUARD_INTERVAL</constant></title>
+
+ <para>Possible values are:</para>
+<programlisting>
+typedef enum fe_guard_interval {
+ GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32,
+ GUARD_INTERVAL_1_16,
+ GUARD_INTERVAL_1_8,
+ GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4,
+ GUARD_INTERVAL_AUTO
+} fe_guard_interval_t;
+</programlisting>
+
+ <para>Notes:</para>
+ <para>1) If <constant>DTV_GUARD_INTERVAL</constant> is set the <constant>GUARD_INTERVAL_AUTO</constant> the hardware will
+ try to find the correct guard interval (if capable) and will use TMCC to fill
+ in the missing parameters.</para>
+ </section>
+</section>
+
<section id="isdbt">
<title>ISDB-T frontend</title>
<para>This section describes shortly what are the possible parameters in the Linux
@@ -32,73 +338,6 @@
<para>Parameters used by ISDB-T and ISDB-Tsb.</para>
- <section id="isdbt-parms">
- <title>Parameters that are common with DVB-T and ATSC</title>
-
- <section id="isdbt-freq">
- <title><constant>DTV_FREQUENCY</constant></title>
-
- <para>Central frequency of the channel.</para>
-
- <para>For ISDB-T the channels are usually transmitted with an offset of 143kHz. E.g. a
- valid frequncy could be 474143 kHz. The stepping is bound to the bandwidth of
- the channel which is 6MHz.</para>
-
- <para>As in ISDB-Tsb the channel consists of only one or three segments the
- frequency step is 429kHz, 3*429 respectively. As for ISDB-T the
- central frequency of the channel is expected.</para>
- </section>
-
- <section id="isdbt-bw">
- <title><constant>DTV_BANDWIDTH_HZ</constant> (optional)</title>
-
- <para>Possible values:</para>
-
- <para>For ISDB-T it should be always 6000000Hz (6MHz)</para>
- <para>For ISDB-Tsb it can vary depending on the number of connected segments</para>
-
- <para>Note: Hardware specific values might be given here, but standard
- applications should not bother to set a value to this field as
- standard demods are ignoring it anyway.</para>
-
- <para>Bandwidth in ISDB-T is fixed (6MHz) or can be easily derived from
- other parameters (DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_IDX,
- DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_COUNT).</para>
- </section>
-
- <section id="isdbt-delivery-sys">
- <title><constant>DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM</constant></title>
-
- <para>Possible values: <constant>SYS_ISDBT</constant></para>
- </section>
-
- <section id="isdbt-tx-mode">
- <title><constant>DTV_TRANSMISSION_MODE</constant></title>
-
- <para>ISDB-T supports three carrier/symbol-size: 8K, 4K, 2K. It is called
- 'mode' in the standard: Mode 1 is 2K, mode 2 is 4K, mode 3 is 8K</para>
-
- <para>Possible values: <constant>TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K</constant>, <constant>TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K</constant>,
- <constant>TRANSMISSION_MODE_AUTO</constant>, <constant>TRANSMISSION_MODE_4K</constant></para>
-
- <para>If <constant>DTV_TRANSMISSION_MODE</constant> is set the <constant>TRANSMISSION_MODE_AUTO</constant> the
- hardware will try to find the correct FFT-size (if capable) and will
- use TMCC to fill in the missing parameters.</para>
-
- <para><constant>TRANSMISSION_MODE_4K</constant> is added at the same time as the other new parameters.</para>
- </section>
-
- <section id="isdbt-guard-interval">
- <title><constant>DTV_GUARD_INTERVAL</constant></title>
-
- <para>Possible values: <constant>GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32</constant>, <constant>GUARD_INTERVAL_1_16</constant>, <constant>GUARD_INTERVAL_1_8</constant>,
- <constant>GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4</constant>, <constant>GUARD_INTERVAL_AUTO</constant></para>
-
- <para>If <constant>DTV_GUARD_INTERVAL</constant> is set the <constant>GUARD_INTERVAL_AUTO</constant> the hardware will
- try to find the correct guard interval (if capable) and will use TMCC to fill
- in the missing parameters.</para>
- </section>
- </section>
<section id="isdbt-new-parms">
<title>ISDB-T only parameters</title>