DocBook/dvb: Improve description of the DVB API v5
authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Fri, 6 May 2011 15:32:03 +0000 (12:32 -0300)
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Fri, 20 May 2011 12:30:53 +0000 (09:30 -0300)
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Documentation/DocBook/dvb/dvbapi.xml
Documentation/DocBook/dvb/dvbproperty.xml

index ad8678d489169e7d5dc9d8b06a5d42db98d35ad7..9fad86ce7f5e7e6c2e464ed87d42192c47447f49 100644 (file)
 
 <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>
index 97f397e2fb3a32be5df12c0be7480ba341687a90..05ce60362e23e2ba0bb89d6fa2f8e826fe4f2d97 100644 (file)
@@ -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
 
        <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>