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diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/frontend.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/frontend.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 7ff225dfe11c..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/frontend.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,63 +0,0 @@ -.. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this -.. document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, -.. Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software -.. Foundation, with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts -.. and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included at -.. Documentation/media/uapi/fdl-appendix.rst. -.. -.. TODO: replace it to GFDL-1.1-or-later WITH no-invariant-sections - -.. _dvb_frontend: - -####################### -Digital TV Frontend API -####################### - -The Digital TV frontend API was designed to support three groups of delivery -systems: Terrestrial, cable and Satellite. Currently, the following -delivery systems are supported: - -- Terrestrial systems: DVB-T, DVB-T2, ATSC, ATSC M/H, ISDB-T, DVB-H, - DTMB, CMMB - -- Cable systems: DVB-C Annex A/C, ClearQAM (DVB-C Annex B) - -- Satellite systems: DVB-S, DVB-S2, DVB Turbo, ISDB-S, DSS - -The Digital TV frontend controls several sub-devices including: - -- Tuner - -- Digital TV demodulator - -- Low noise amplifier (LNA) - -- Satellite Equipment Control (SEC) [#f1]_. - -The frontend can be accessed through ``/dev/dvb/adapter?/frontend?``. -Data types and ioctl definitions can be accessed by including -``linux/dvb/frontend.h`` in your application. - -.. note:: - - Transmission via the internet (DVB-IP) and MMT (MPEG Media Transport) - is not yet handled by this API but a future extension is possible. - -.. [#f1] - - On Satellite systems, the API support for the Satellite Equipment - Control (SEC) allows to power control and to send/receive signals to - control the antenna subsystem, selecting the polarization and choosing - the Intermediate Frequency IF) of the Low Noise Block Converter Feed - Horn (LNBf). It supports the DiSEqC and V-SEC protocols. The DiSEqC - (digital SEC) specification is available at - `Eutelsat <http://www.eutelsat.com/satellites/4_5_5.html>`__. - - -.. toctree:: - :maxdepth: 1 - - query-dvb-frontend-info - dvb-fe-read-status - dvbproperty - frontend_fcalls |