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author | Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> | 2009-10-18 01:09:09 +0200 |
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committer | Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> | 2009-10-18 01:12:33 +0200 |
commit | 0f8f86c7bdd1c954fbe153af437a0d91a6c5721a (patch) | |
tree | 94a8d419a470a4f9852ca397bb9bbe48db92ff5c /Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-teletext.xml | |
parent | Merge branch 'linus' into tracing/hw-breakpoints (diff) | |
parent | perf tools: Move dereference after NULL test (diff) | |
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Merge commit 'perf/core' into perf/hw-breakpoint
Conflicts:
kernel/Makefile
kernel/trace/Makefile
kernel/trace/trace.h
samples/Makefile
Merge reason: We need to be uptodate with the perf events development
branch because we plan to rewrite the breakpoints API on top of
perf events.
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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-teletext.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-teletext.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..76184e8ed618 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-teletext.xml @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ + <title>Teletext Interface</title> + + <para>This interface aims at devices receiving and demodulating +Teletext data [<xref linkend="ets300706" />, <xref linkend="itu653" />], evaluating the +Teletext packages and storing formatted pages in cache memory. Such +devices are usually implemented as microcontrollers with serial +interface (I<superscript>2</superscript>C) and can be found on older +TV cards, dedicated Teletext decoding cards and home-brew devices +connected to the PC parallel port.</para> + + <para>The Teletext API was designed by Martin Buck. It is defined in +the kernel header file <filename>linux/videotext.h</filename>, the +specification is available from <ulink url="ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/videotext/"> +ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/videotext/</ulink>. (Videotext is the name of +the German public television Teletext service.) Conventional character +device file names are <filename>/dev/vtx</filename> and +<filename>/dev/vttuner</filename>, with device number 83, 0 and 83, 16 +respectively. A similar interface exists for the Philips SAA5249 +Teletext decoder [specification?] with character device file names +<filename>/dev/tlkN</filename>, device number 102, N.</para> + + <para>Eventually the Teletext API was integrated into the V4L API +with character device file names <filename>/dev/vtx0</filename> to +<filename>/dev/vtx31</filename>, device major number 81, minor numbers +192 to 223. For reference the V4L Teletext API specification is +reproduced here in full: "Teletext interfaces talk the existing VTX +API." Teletext devices with major number 83 and 102 will be removed in +Linux 2.6.</para> + + <para>There are no plans to replace the Teletext API or to integrate +it into V4L2. Please write to the linux-media mailing list: &v4l-ml; +when the need arises.</para> + + <!-- +Local Variables: +mode: sgml +sgml-parent-document: "v4l2.sgml" +indent-tabs-mode: nil +End: + --> |