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author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2017-09-19 22:54:15 +0200 |
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committer | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> | 2017-10-11 19:05:44 +0200 |
commit | 5b3b8c81b47aa3ca473d310b1aa3ab93f0ec9c6b (patch) | |
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parent | media: dtv-core.rst: add chapters and introductory tests for common parts (diff) | |
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media: dtv-core.rst: split into multiple files
Instead of document all kAPI into a single file, split it
on multiple ones. That makes easier to maintain each part.
As a side effect, it will produce multiple html pages, with
is a good idea.
No changes at the text. Just some chapter levels changed.
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/media/kapi/dtv-common.rst b/Documentation/media/kapi/dtv-common.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..40cf1033b5e1 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/media/kapi/dtv-common.rst @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +Digital TV Common functions +--------------------------- + +Math functions +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Provide some commonly-used math functions, usually required in order to +estimate signal strength and signal to noise measurements in dB. + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_math.h + + +DVB devices +~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Those functions are responsible for handling the DVB device nodes. + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.h + +Digital TV Ring buffer +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Those routines implement ring buffers used to handle digital TV data and +copy it from/to userspace. + +.. note:: + + 1) For performance reasons read and write routines don't check buffer sizes + and/or number of bytes free/available. This has to be done before these + routines are called. For example: + + .. code-block:: c + + /* write @buflen: bytes */ + free = dvb_ringbuffer_free(rbuf); + if (free >= buflen) + count = dvb_ringbuffer_write(rbuf, buffer, buflen); + else + /* do something */ + + /* read min. 1000, max. @bufsize: bytes */ + avail = dvb_ringbuffer_avail(rbuf); + if (avail >= 1000) + count = dvb_ringbuffer_read(rbuf, buffer, min(avail, bufsize)); + else + /* do something */ + + 2) If there is exactly one reader and one writer, there is no need + to lock read or write operations. + Two or more readers must be locked against each other. + Flushing the buffer counts as a read operation. + Resetting the buffer counts as a read and write operation. + Two or more writers must be locked against each other. + +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_ringbuffer.h |