From d0b2f91bede3bd5e3d24dd6803e56eee959c1797 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: André Fabian Silva Delgado Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 00:10:27 -0300 Subject: Linux-libre 4.8.2-gnu --- Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/net-add-if.rst | 91 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 91 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/net-add-if.rst (limited to 'Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/net-add-if.rst') 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 000000000..2b990d0e0 --- /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() `. + +``request`` + FE_SET_TONE + +``net_if`` + pointer to struct :ref:`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 `::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 ` chapter. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf