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[media] DVB: Docbook update for DTV_ENUM_DELSYS
authorManu Abraham <abraham.manu@gmail.com>
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:34:24 +0000 (10:34 -0300)
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:03:49 +0000 (15:03 -0200)
Signed-off-by: Manu Abraham <abraham.manu@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/dvbproperty.xml

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@@ -649,6 +649,18 @@ typedef enum fe_hierarchy {
                        many data types via a single multiplex. The API will soon support this
                        at which point this section will be expanded.</para>
        </section>
+       <section id="DTV_ENUM_DELSYS">
+               <title><constant>DTV_ENUM_DELSYS</constant></title>
+               <para>A Multi standard frontend needs to advertise the delivery systems provided.
+                       Applications need to enumerate the provided delivery systems, before using
+                       any other operation with the frontend. Prior to it's introduction,
+                       FE_GET_INFO was used to determine a frontend type. A frontend which
+                       provides more than a single delivery system, FE_GET_INFO doesn't help much.
+                       Applications which intends to use a multistandard frontend must enumerate
+                       the delivery systems associated with it, rather than trying to use
+                       FE_GET_INFO. In the case of a legacy frontend, the result is just the same
+                       as with FE_GET_INFO, but in a more structured format </para>
+       </section>
 </section>
        <section id="frontend-property-terrestrial-systems">
        <title>Properties used on terrestrial delivery systems</title>