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diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dvbapi.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dvbapi.rst index 37680137e3f2..18c86b3a3af1 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dvbapi.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dvbapi.rst @@ -10,12 +10,27 @@ Part II - Digital TV API .. note:: - This API is also known as **DVB API**, although it is generic - enough to support all digital TV standards. + This API is also known as Linux **DVB API**. + + It it was originally written to support the European digital TV + standard (DVB), and later extended to support all digital TV standards. + + In order to avoid confusion, within this document, it was opted to refer to + it, and to associated hardware as **Digital TV**. + + The word **DVB** is reserved to be used for: + + - the Digital TV API version + (e. g. DVB API version 3 or DVB API version 5); + - digital TV data types (enums, structs, defines, etc); + - digital TV device nodes (``/dev/dvb/...``); + - the European DVB standard. **Version 5.10** -.. class:: toc-title +.. only:: html + + .. class:: toc-title Table of Contents @@ -30,12 +45,7 @@ Part II - Digital TV API net legacy_dvb_apis examples - audio_h - ca_h - dmx_h - frontend_h - net_h - video_h + headers ********************** @@ -46,11 +56,11 @@ Authors: - J. K. Metzler, Ralph <rjkm@metzlerbros.de> - - Original author of the DVB API documentation. + - Original author of the Digital TV API documentation. - O. C. Metzler, Marcus <rjkm@metzlerbros.de> - - Original author of the DVB API documentation. + - Original author of the Digital TV API documentation. - Carvalho Chehab, Mauro <m.chehab@kernel.org> @@ -58,21 +68,26 @@ Authors: **Copyright** |copy| 2002-2003 : Convergence GmbH -**Copyright** |copy| 2009-2016 : Mauro Carvalho Chehab +**Copyright** |copy| 2009-2017 : Mauro Carvalho Chehab **************** Revision History **************** +:revision: 2.2.0 / 2017-09-01 (*mcc*) + +Most gaps between the uAPI document and the Kernel implementation +got fixed for the non-legacy API. + :revision: 2.1.0 / 2015-05-29 (*mcc*) DocBook improvements and cleanups, in order to document the system calls on a more standard way and provide more description about the current -DVB API. +Digital TV API. :revision: 2.0.4 / 2011-05-06 (*mcc*) -Add more information about DVB APIv5, better describing the frontend +Add more information about DVBv5 API, better describing the frontend GET/SET props ioctl's. |