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diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dmx-fopen.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dmx-fopen.rst index a697e33c32ea..55628a18ba67 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dmx-fopen.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/dmx-fopen.rst @@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ .. _dmx_fopen: -================ -DVB demux open() -================ +======================= +Digital TV demux open() +======================= Name ---- -DVB demux open() +Digital TV demux open() Synopsis @@ -22,25 +22,28 @@ Arguments --------- ``name`` - Name of specific DVB demux device. + Name of specific Digital TV demux device. ``flags`` A bit-wise OR of the following flags: +.. tabularcolumns:: |p{2.5cm}|p{15.0cm}| + .. flat-table:: :header-rows: 0 :stub-columns: 0 + :widths: 1 16 - - - O_RDONLY + - ``O_RDONLY`` - read-only access - - - O_RDWR + - ``O_RDWR`` - read/write access - - - O_NONBLOCK + - ``O_NONBLOCK`` - open in non-blocking mode (blocking mode is the default) @@ -48,52 +51,41 @@ Arguments Description ----------- -This system call, used with a device name of /dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0, +This system call, used with a device name of ``/dev/dvb/adapter?/demux?``, allocates a new filter and returns a handle which can be used for subsequent control of that filter. This call has to be made for each filter to be used, i.e. every returned file descriptor is a reference to -a single filter. /dev/dvb/adapter0/dvr0 is a logical device to be used +a single filter. ``/dev/dvb/adapter?/dvr?`` is a logical device to be used for retrieving Transport Streams for digital video recording. When reading from this device a transport stream containing the packets from all PES filters set in the corresponding demux device -(/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0) having the output set to DMX_OUT_TS_TAP. A -recorded Transport Stream is replayed by writing to this device. +(``/dev/dvb/adapter?/demux?``) having the output set to ``DMX_OUT_TS_TAP``. +A recorded Transport Stream is replayed by writing to this device. The significance of blocking or non-blocking mode is described in the documentation for functions where there is a difference. It does not -affect the semantics of the open() call itself. A device opened in -blocking mode can later be put into non-blocking mode (and vice versa) -using the F_SETFL command of the fcntl system call. +affect the semantics of the ``open()`` call itself. A device opened +in blocking mode can later be put into non-blocking mode (and vice versa) +using the ``F_SETFL`` command of the fcntl system call. Return Value ------------ -.. flat-table:: - :header-rows: 0 - :stub-columns: 0 - - - - .. row 1 - - - ``ENODEV`` - - - Device driver not loaded/available. +On success 0 is returned. - - .. row 2 +On error -1 is returned, and the ``errno`` variable is set +appropriately. - - ``EINVAL`` +.. tabularcolumns:: |p{2.5cm}|p{15.0cm}| - - Invalid argument. - - - .. row 3 - - - ``EMFILE`` +.. flat-table:: + :header-rows: 0 + :stub-columns: 0 + :widths: 1 16 + - - ``EMFILE`` - “Too many open files”, i.e. no more filters available. - - .. row 4 - - - ``ENOMEM`` - - - The driver failed to allocate enough memory. +The generic error codes are described at the +:ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter. |