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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2011-05-06 11:32:03 -0400
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2011-05-20 08:30:53 -0400
commit0ed08b496c1be29e1b709ee853038f749f550072 (patch)
treecc47d4414b6f51e1581a28cc7feddc4a95d04615 /Documentation/DocBook
parent5a0deeed5741117ee8625d6305d0034e219f102c (diff)
DocBook/dvb: Improve description of the DVB API v5
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/dvb/dvbapi.xml8
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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 @@
35<revhistory> 35<revhistory>
36<!-- Put document revisions here, newest first. --> 36<!-- Put document revisions here, newest first. -->
37<revision> 37<revision>
38 <revnumber>2.0.4</revnumber>
39 <date>2011-05-06</date>
40 <authorinitials>mcc</authorinitials>
41 <revremark>
42 Add more information about DVB APIv5, better describing the frontend GET/SET props ioctl's.
43 </revremark>
44</revision>
45<revision>
38 <revnumber>2.0.3</revnumber> 46 <revnumber>2.0.3</revnumber>
39 <date>2010-07-03</date> 47 <date>2010-07-03</date>
40 <authorinitials>mcc</authorinitials> 48 <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 @@
1<section id="FE_GET_PROPERTY"> 1<section id="FE_GET_SET_PROPERTY">
2<title>FE_GET_PROPERTY/FE_SET_PROPERTY</title> 2<title>FE_GET_PROPERTY/FE_SET_PROPERTY</title>
3 3
4<programlisting>
5/* Reserved fields should be set to 0 */
6struct dtv_property {
7 __u32 cmd;
8 union {
9 __u32 data;
10 struct {
11 __u8 data[32];
12 __u32 len;
13 __u32 reserved1[3];
14 void *reserved2;
15 } buffer;
16 } u;
17 int result;
18} __attribute__ ((packed));
19
20/* num of properties cannot exceed DTV_IOCTL_MAX_MSGS per ioctl */
21#define DTV_IOCTL_MAX_MSGS 64
22
23struct dtv_properties {
24 __u32 num;
25 struct dtv_property *props;
26};
27</programlisting>
28
29<section id="FE_GET_PROPERTY">
30<title>FE_GET_PROPERTY</title>
31<para>DESCRIPTION
32</para>
33<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry
34 align="char">
35<para>This ioctl call returns one or more frontend properties. This call only
36 requires read-only access to the device.</para>
37</entry>
38 </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
39<para>SYNOPSIS
40</para>
41<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry
42 align="char">
43<para>int ioctl(int fd, int request = <link linkend="FE_GET_PROPERTY">FE_GET_PROPERTY</link>,
44 dtv_properties &#x22C6;props);</para>
45</entry>
46 </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
47<para>PARAMETERS
48</para>
49<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry align="char">
50<para>int fd</para>
51</entry><entry
52 align="char">
53<para>File descriptor returned by a previous call to open().</para>
54</entry>
55 </row><row><entry
56 align="char">
57<para>int num</para>
58</entry><entry
59 align="char">
60<para>Equals <link linkend="FE_GET_PROPERTY">FE_GET_PROPERTY</link> for this command.</para>
61</entry>
62 </row><row><entry
63 align="char">
64<para>struct dtv_property *props</para>
65</entry><entry
66 align="char">
67<para>Points to the location where the front-end property commands are stored.</para>
68</entry>
69 </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
70<para>ERRORS</para>
71<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row>
72 <entry align="char"><para>EINVAL</para></entry>
73 <entry align="char"><para>Invalid parameter(s) received or number of parameters out of the range.</para></entry>
74 </row><row>
75 <entry align="char"><para>ENOMEM</para></entry>
76 <entry align="char"><para>Out of memory.</para></entry>
77 </row><row>
78 <entry align="char"><para>EFAULT</para></entry>
79 <entry align="char"><para>Failure while copying data from/to userspace.</para></entry>
80 </row><row>
81 <entry align="char"><para>EOPNOTSUPP</para></entry>
82 <entry align="char"><para>Property type not supported.</para></entry>
83 </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
84</section>
85
86<section id="FE_SET_PROPERTY">
87<title>FE_SET_PROPERTY</title>
88<para>DESCRIPTION
89</para>
90<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry
91 align="char">
92<para>This ioctl call sets one or more frontend properties. This call only
93 requires read-only access to the device.</para>
94</entry>
95 </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
96<para>SYNOPSIS
97</para>
98<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row><entry
99 align="char">
100<para>int ioctl(int fd, int request = <link linkend="FE_SET_PROPERTY">FE_SET_PROPERTY</link>,
101 dtv_properties &#x22C6;props);</para>
102</entry>
103 </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
104<para>PARAMETERS
105</para>
106<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry align="char">
107<para>int fd</para>
108</entry><entry
109 align="char">
110<para>File descriptor returned by a previous call to open().</para>
111</entry>
112 </row><row><entry
113 align="char">
114<para>int num</para>
115</entry><entry
116 align="char">
117<para>Equals <link linkend="FE_SET_PROPERTY">FE_SET_PROPERTY</link> for this command.</para>
118</entry>
119 </row><row><entry
120 align="char">
121<para>struct dtv_property *props</para>
122</entry><entry
123 align="char">
124<para>Points to the location where the front-end property commands are stored.</para>
125</entry>
126 </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
127<para>ERRORS
128</para>
129<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row>
130 <entry align="char"><para>EINVAL</para></entry>
131 <entry align="char"><para>Invalid parameter(s) received or number of parameters out of the range.</para></entry>
132 </row><row>
133 <entry align="char"><para>ENOMEM</para></entry>
134 <entry align="char"><para>Out of memory.</para></entry>
135 </row><row>
136 <entry align="char"><para>EFAULT</para></entry>
137 <entry align="char"><para>Failure while copying data from/to userspace.</para></entry>
138 </row><row>
139 <entry align="char"><para>EOPNOTSUPP</para></entry>
140 <entry align="char"><para>Property type not supported.</para></entry>
141 </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
142</section>
143
144<para>
145On <link linkend="FE_GET_PROPERTY">FE_GET_PROPERTY</link>/<link linkend="FE_SET_PROPERTY">FE_SET_PROPERTY</link>,
146the actual action is determined by the dtv_property cmd/data pairs. With one single ioctl, is possible to
147get/set up to 64 properties. The actual meaning of each property is described on the next sections.
148</para>
149
150<para>The Available frontend property types are:</para>
151<programlisting>
152#define DTV_UNDEFINED 0
153#define DTV_TUNE 1
154#define DTV_CLEAR 2
155#define DTV_FREQUENCY 3
156#define DTV_MODULATION 4
157#define DTV_BANDWIDTH_HZ 5
158#define DTV_INVERSION 6
159#define DTV_DISEQC_MASTER 7
160#define DTV_SYMBOL_RATE 8
161#define DTV_INNER_FEC 9
162#define DTV_VOLTAGE 10
163#define DTV_TONE 11
164#define DTV_PILOT 12
165#define DTV_ROLLOFF 13
166#define DTV_DISEQC_SLAVE_REPLY 14
167#define DTV_FE_CAPABILITY_COUNT 15
168#define DTV_FE_CAPABILITY 16
169#define DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM 17
170#define DTV_ISDBT_PARTIAL_RECEPTION 18
171#define DTV_ISDBT_SOUND_BROADCASTING 19
172#define DTV_ISDBT_SB_SUBCHANNEL_ID 20
173#define DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_IDX 21
174#define DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_COUNT 22
175#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERA_FEC 23
176#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERA_MODULATION 24
177#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERA_SEGMENT_COUNT 25
178#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERA_TIME_INTERLEAVING 26
179#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERB_FEC 27
180#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERB_MODULATION 28
181#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERB_SEGMENT_COUNT 29
182#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERB_TIME_INTERLEAVING 30
183#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERC_FEC 31
184#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERC_MODULATION 32
185#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERC_SEGMENT_COUNT 33
186#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYERC_TIME_INTERLEAVING 34
187#define DTV_API_VERSION 35
188#define DTV_CODE_RATE_HP 36
189#define DTV_CODE_RATE_LP 37
190#define DTV_GUARD_INTERVAL 38
191#define DTV_TRANSMISSION_MODE 39
192#define DTV_HIERARCHY 40
193#define DTV_ISDBT_LAYER_ENABLED 41
194#define DTV_ISDBS_TS_ID 42
195</programlisting>
196
197<section id="fe_property_common">
198 <title>Parameters that are common to all Digital TV standards</title>
199 <section id="DTV_FREQUENCY">
200 <title><constant>DTV_FREQUENCY</constant></title>
201
202 <para>Central frequency of the channel, in HZ.</para>
203
204 <para>Notes:</para>
205 <para>1)For ISDB-T, the channels are usually transmitted with an offset of 143kHz.
206 E.g. a valid frequncy could be 474143 kHz. The stepping is bound to the bandwidth of
207 the channel which is 6MHz.</para>
208
209 <para>2)As in ISDB-Tsb the channel consists of only one or three segments the
210 frequency step is 429kHz, 3*429 respectively. As for ISDB-T the
211 central frequency of the channel is expected.</para>
212 </section>
213
214 <section id="DTV_BANDWIDTH_HZ">
215 <title><constant>DTV_BANDWIDTH_HZ</constant></title>
216
217 <para>Bandwidth for the channel, in HZ.</para>
218
219 <para>Possible values:
220 <constant>6000000</constant>,
221 <constant>7000000</constant>,
222 <constant>8000000</constant>.
223 </para>
224
225 <para>Notes:</para>
226
227 <para>1) For ISDB-T it should be always 6000000Hz (6MHz)</para>
228 <para>2) For ISDB-Tsb it can vary depending on the number of connected segments</para>
229 <para>3) Bandwidth doesn't apply for DVB-C transmissions, as the bandwidth
230 for DVB-C depends on the symbol rate</para>
231 <para>4) Bandwidth in ISDB-T is fixed (6MHz) or can be easily derived from
232 other parameters (DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_IDX,
233 DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_COUNT).</para>
234 </section>
235
236 <section id="DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM">
237 <title><constant>DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM</constant></title>
238
239 <para>Specifies the type of Delivery system</para>
240
241 <para>Possible values: </para>
242<programlisting>
243typedef enum fe_delivery_system {
244 SYS_UNDEFINED,
245 SYS_DVBC_ANNEX_AC,
246 SYS_DVBC_ANNEX_B,
247 SYS_DVBT,
248 SYS_DSS,
249 SYS_DVBS,
250 SYS_DVBS2,
251 SYS_DVBH,
252 SYS_ISDBT,
253 SYS_ISDBS,
254 SYS_ISDBC,
255 SYS_ATSC,
256 SYS_ATSCMH,
257 SYS_DMBTH,
258 SYS_CMMB,
259 SYS_DAB,
260} fe_delivery_system_t;
261</programlisting>
262
263 </section>
264
265 <section id="DTV_TRANSMISSION_MODE">
266 <title><constant>DTV_TRANSMISSION_MODE</constant></title>
267
268 <para>Specifies the number of carriers used by the standard</para>
269
270 <para>Possible values are:</para>
271<programlisting>
272typedef enum fe_transmit_mode {
273 TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K,
274 TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K,
275 TRANSMISSION_MODE_AUTO,
276 TRANSMISSION_MODE_4K
277} fe_transmit_mode_t;
278</programlisting>
279
280 <para>Notes:</para>
281 <para>1) ISDB-T supports three carrier/symbol-size: 8K, 4K, 2K. It is called
282 'mode' in the standard: Mode 1 is 2K, mode 2 is 4K, mode 3 is 8K</para>
283
284 <para>2) If <constant>DTV_TRANSMISSION_MODE</constant> is set the <constant>TRANSMISSION_MODE_AUTO</constant> the
285 hardware will try to find the correct FFT-size (if capable) and will
286 use TMCC to fill in the missing parameters.</para>
287 </section>
288
289 <section id="DTV_GUARD_INTERVAL">
290 <title><constant>DTV_GUARD_INTERVAL</constant></title>
291
292 <para>Possible values are:</para>
293<programlisting>
294typedef enum fe_guard_interval {
295 GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32,
296 GUARD_INTERVAL_1_16,
297 GUARD_INTERVAL_1_8,
298 GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4,
299 GUARD_INTERVAL_AUTO
300} fe_guard_interval_t;
301</programlisting>
302
303 <para>Notes:</para>
304 <para>1) If <constant>DTV_GUARD_INTERVAL</constant> is set the <constant>GUARD_INTERVAL_AUTO</constant> the hardware will
305 try to find the correct guard interval (if capable) and will use TMCC to fill
306 in the missing parameters.</para>
307 </section>
308</section>
309
4<section id="isdbt"> 310<section id="isdbt">
5 <title>ISDB-T frontend</title> 311 <title>ISDB-T frontend</title>
6 <para>This section describes shortly what are the possible parameters in the Linux 312 <para>This section describes shortly what are the possible parameters in the Linux
@@ -32,73 +338,6 @@
32 338
33 <para>Parameters used by ISDB-T and ISDB-Tsb.</para> 339 <para>Parameters used by ISDB-T and ISDB-Tsb.</para>
34 340
35 <section id="isdbt-parms">
36 <title>Parameters that are common with DVB-T and ATSC</title>
37
38 <section id="isdbt-freq">
39 <title><constant>DTV_FREQUENCY</constant></title>
40
41 <para>Central frequency of the channel.</para>
42
43 <para>For ISDB-T the channels are usually transmitted with an offset of 143kHz. E.g. a
44 valid frequncy could be 474143 kHz. The stepping is bound to the bandwidth of
45 the channel which is 6MHz.</para>
46
47 <para>As in ISDB-Tsb the channel consists of only one or three segments the
48 frequency step is 429kHz, 3*429 respectively. As for ISDB-T the
49 central frequency of the channel is expected.</para>
50 </section>
51
52 <section id="isdbt-bw">
53 <title><constant>DTV_BANDWIDTH_HZ</constant> (optional)</title>
54
55 <para>Possible values:</para>
56
57 <para>For ISDB-T it should be always 6000000Hz (6MHz)</para>
58 <para>For ISDB-Tsb it can vary depending on the number of connected segments</para>
59
60 <para>Note: Hardware specific values might be given here, but standard
61 applications should not bother to set a value to this field as
62 standard demods are ignoring it anyway.</para>
63
64 <para>Bandwidth in ISDB-T is fixed (6MHz) or can be easily derived from
65 other parameters (DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_IDX,
66 DTV_ISDBT_SB_SEGMENT_COUNT).</para>
67 </section>
68
69 <section id="isdbt-delivery-sys">
70 <title><constant>DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM</constant></title>
71
72 <para>Possible values: <constant>SYS_ISDBT</constant></para>
73 </section>
74
75 <section id="isdbt-tx-mode">
76 <title><constant>DTV_TRANSMISSION_MODE</constant></title>
77
78 <para>ISDB-T supports three carrier/symbol-size: 8K, 4K, 2K. It is called
79 'mode' in the standard: Mode 1 is 2K, mode 2 is 4K, mode 3 is 8K</para>
80
81 <para>Possible values: <constant>TRANSMISSION_MODE_2K</constant>, <constant>TRANSMISSION_MODE_8K</constant>,
82 <constant>TRANSMISSION_MODE_AUTO</constant>, <constant>TRANSMISSION_MODE_4K</constant></para>
83
84 <para>If <constant>DTV_TRANSMISSION_MODE</constant> is set the <constant>TRANSMISSION_MODE_AUTO</constant> the
85 hardware will try to find the correct FFT-size (if capable) and will
86 use TMCC to fill in the missing parameters.</para>
87
88 <para><constant>TRANSMISSION_MODE_4K</constant> is added at the same time as the other new parameters.</para>
89 </section>
90
91 <section id="isdbt-guard-interval">
92 <title><constant>DTV_GUARD_INTERVAL</constant></title>
93
94 <para>Possible values: <constant>GUARD_INTERVAL_1_32</constant>, <constant>GUARD_INTERVAL_1_16</constant>, <constant>GUARD_INTERVAL_1_8</constant>,
95 <constant>GUARD_INTERVAL_1_4</constant>, <constant>GUARD_INTERVAL_AUTO</constant></para>
96
97 <para>If <constant>DTV_GUARD_INTERVAL</constant> is set the <constant>GUARD_INTERVAL_AUTO</constant> the hardware will
98 try to find the correct guard interval (if capable) and will use TMCC to fill
99 in the missing parameters.</para>
100 </section>
101 </section>
102 <section id="isdbt-new-parms"> 341 <section id="isdbt-new-parms">
103 <title>ISDB-T only parameters</title> 342 <title>ISDB-T only parameters</title>
104 343