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| author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2017-09-05 06:47:08 -0400 |
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| committer | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2017-09-05 07:09:57 -0400 |
| commit | da682492195783a046bb4aee03f41367cf648a06 (patch) | |
| tree | 35f1f7bf2fefcb4edcde852a4b82b9405fab8b7e /Documentation/media | |
| parent | 1e13c184dcd3c19090c4b2110540ee04daf1a330 (diff) | |
media: dvb uapi: move frontend legacy API to another part of the book
There's a chapter for the legacy APIs. Move the frontend DVBv3
API to it, and update the chapter's introduction accordingly.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/media')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/frontend.rst | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/legacy_dvb_apis.rst | 21 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/frontend.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/frontend.rst index b9cfcad39823..4967c48d46ce 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/frontend.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/frontend.rst @@ -54,4 +54,3 @@ Data types and ioctl definitions can be accessed by including dvb-fe-read-status dvbproperty frontend_fcalls - frontend_legacy_dvbv3_api diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/legacy_dvb_apis.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/legacy_dvb_apis.rst index 7eb14d6f729f..e1b2c9c7b620 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/legacy_dvb_apis.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/legacy_dvb_apis.rst @@ -6,20 +6,27 @@ Digital TV Deprecated APIs *************************** -The APIs described here are kept only for historical reasons. There's -just one driver for a very legacy hardware that uses this API. No modern -drivers should use it. Instead, audio and video should be using the V4L2 -and ALSA APIs, and the pipelines should be set using the Media -Controller API +The APIs described here **should not** be used on new drivers or applications. -.. note:: +The DVBv3 frontend API has issues with new delivery systems, including +DVB-S2, DVB-T2, ISDB, etc. + +There's just one driver for a very legacy hardware using the Digital TV +audio and video APIs. No modern drivers should use it. Instead, audio and +video should be using the V4L2 and ALSA APIs, and the pipelines should +be set via the Media Controller API. + +.. attention:: The APIs described here doesn't necessarily reflect the current - code implementation. + code implementation, as this section of the document was written + for DVB version 1, while the code reflects DVB version 3 + implementation. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 + frontend_legacy_dvbv3_api video audio |