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linux-next/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/net.rst
Mauro Carvalho Chehab 60c2820d0f doc_rst: rename the media Sphinx suff to Documentation/media
The name of the subsystem is "media", and not "linux_tv". Also,
as we plan to add other stuff there in the future, let's
rename also the media uAPI book to media_uapi, to make it
clearer.

No functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
2016-07-08 11:59:40 -03:00

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.. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*-
.. _net:
###############
DVB Network API
###############
The DVB net device controls the mapping of data packages that are part
of a transport stream to be mapped into a virtual network interface,
visible through the standard Linux network protocol stack.
Currently, two encapsulations are supported:
- `Multi Protocol Encapsulation (MPE) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiprotocol_Encapsulation>`__
- `Ultra Lightweight Encapsulation (ULE) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidirectional_Lightweight_Encapsulation>`__
In order to create the Linux virtual network interfaces, an application
needs to tell to the Kernel what are the PIDs and the encapsulation
types that are present on the transport stream. This is done through
``/dev/dvb/adapter?/net?`` device node. The data will be available via
virtual ``dvb?_?`` network interfaces, and will be controlled/routed via
the standard ip tools (like ip, route, netstat, ifconfig, etc).
Data types and and ioctl definitions are defined via ``linux/dvb/net.h``
header.
.. _net_fcalls:
######################
DVB net Function Calls
######################
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
net-add-if
net-remove-if
net-get-if