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diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/ca-fopen.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/ca-fopen.rst index 3d2819751446..056c71b53a70 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/ca-fopen.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/ca-fopen.rst @@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ .. _ca_fopen: -============= -DVB CA open() -============= +==================== +Digital TV CA open() +==================== Name ---- -DVB CA open() +Digital TV CA open() Synopsis @@ -23,25 +23,25 @@ Arguments --------- ``name`` - Name of specific DVB CA device. + Name of specific Digital TV CA device. ``flags`` A bit-wise OR of the following flags: +.. tabularcolumns:: |p{2.5cm}|p{15.0cm}| + .. flat-table:: :header-rows: 0 :stub-columns: 0 + :widths: 1 16 - - - - O_RDONLY + - - ``O_RDONLY`` - read-only access - - - - O_RDWR + - - ``O_RDWR`` - read/write access - - - - O_NONBLOCK + - - ``O_NONBLOCK`` - open in non-blocking mode (blocking mode is the default) @@ -49,50 +49,29 @@ Arguments Description ----------- -This system call opens a named ca device (e.g. /dev/ost/ca) for -subsequent use. +This system call opens a named ca device (e.g. ``/dev/dvb/adapter?/ca?``) +for subsequent use. -When an open() call has succeeded, the device will be ready for use. The +When an ``open()`` call has succeeded, the device will be ready for use. The significance of blocking or non-blocking mode is described in the documentation for functions where there is a difference. It does not -affect the semantics of the open() call itself. A device opened in +affect the semantics of the ``open()`` call itself. A device opened in blocking mode can later be put into non-blocking mode (and vice versa) -using the F_SETFL command of the fcntl system call. This is a standard -system call, documented in the Linux manual page for fcntl. Only one -user can open the CA Device in O_RDWR mode. All other attempts to open -the device in this mode will fail, and an error code will be returned. +using the ``F_SETFL`` command of the ``fcntl`` system call. This is a +standard system call, documented in the Linux manual page for fcntl. +Only one user can open the CA Device in ``O_RDWR`` mode. All other +attempts to open the device in this mode will fail, and an error code +will be returned. Return Value ------------ -.. tabularcolumns:: |p{2.5cm}|p{15.0cm}| - -.. flat-table:: - :header-rows: 0 - :stub-columns: 0 - - - - .. row 1 - - - ``ENODEV`` - - - Device driver not loaded/available. - - - .. row 2 - - - ``EINTERNAL`` - - - Internal error. - - - .. row 3 - - - ``EBUSY`` - - - Device or resource busy. - - .. row 4 +On success 0 is returned. - - ``EINVAL`` +On error -1 is returned, and the ``errno`` variable is set +appropriately. - - Invalid argument. +Generic error codes are described at the +:ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter. |