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author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2016-07-27 13:45:04 (GMT) |
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committer | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2016-07-27 13:45:04 (GMT) |
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Merge branch 'topic/docs-next' into v4l_for_linus
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diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/net-add-if.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/net-add-if.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2b990d0 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/net-add-if.rst @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +.. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*- + +.. _NET_ADD_IF: + +**************** +ioctl NET_ADD_IF +**************** + +Name +==== + +NET_ADD_IF - Creates a new network interface for a given Packet ID. + + +Synopsis +======== + +.. cpp:function:: int ioctl( int fd, int request, struct dvb_net_if *net_if ) + + +Arguments +========= + +``fd`` + File descriptor returned by :ref:`open() <frontend_f_open>`. + +``request`` + FE_SET_TONE + +``net_if`` + pointer to struct :ref:`dvb_net_if <dvb-net-if>` + + +Description +=========== + +The NET_ADD_IF ioctl system call selects the Packet ID (PID) that +contains a TCP/IP traffic, the type of encapsulation to be used (MPE or +ULE) and the interface number for the new interface to be created. When +the system call successfully returns, a new virtual network interface is +created. + +The struct :ref:`dvb_net_if <dvb-net-if>`::ifnum field will be +filled with the number of the created interface. + + +.. _dvb-net-if-t: + +struct dvb_net_if description +============================= + +.. _dvb-net-if: + +.. flat-table:: struct dvb_net_if + :header-rows: 1 + :stub-columns: 0 + + + - .. row 1 + + - ID + + - Description + + - .. row 2 + + - pid + + - Packet ID (PID) of the MPEG-TS that contains data + + - .. row 3 + + - ifnum + + - number of the DVB interface. + + - .. row 4 + + - feedtype + + - Encapsulation type of the feed. It can be: + ``DVB_NET_FEEDTYPE_MPE`` for MPE encoding or + ``DVB_NET_FEEDTYPE_ULE`` for ULE encoding. + + +Return Value +============ + +On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the ``errno`` variable is set +appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the +:ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter. |