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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/media/dvb-drivers/ci.rst | 160 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/ca.rst | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/ca_high_level.rst | 157 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/media/dvb-drivers/ci.rst b/Documentation/media/dvb-drivers/ci.rst index 35f33f1f9e2a..ded4d8fbbf92 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/dvb-drivers/ci.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/dvb-drivers/ci.rst @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 -Digital TV Conditional Access Interface (CI API) -================================================ +Digital TV Conditional Access Interface +======================================= .. note:: @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ existing low level CI API. .. note:: For the Twinhan/Twinhan clones, the dst_ca module handles the CI - hardware handling.This module is loaded automatically if a CI + hardware handling. This module is loaded automatically if a CI (Common Interface, that holds the CAM (Conditional Access Module) is detected. @@ -75,157 +75,3 @@ Modules that have been tested by this driver at present are (1) Irdeto 1 and 2 from SCM (2) Viaccess from SCM (3) Dragoncam - -The High level CI API -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -For the programmer -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - -With the High Level CI approach any new card with almost any random -architecture can be implemented with this style, the definitions -inside the switch statement can be easily adapted for any card, thereby -eliminating the need for any additional ioctls. - -The disadvantage is that the driver/hardware has to manage the rest. For -the application programmer it would be as simple as sending/receiving an -array to/from the CI ioctls as defined in the Linux DVB API. No changes -have been made in the API to accommodate this feature. - - -Why the need for another CI interface? -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -This is one of the most commonly asked question. Well a nice question. -Strictly speaking this is not a new interface. - -The CI interface is defined in the DVB API in ca.h as: - -.. code-block:: c - - typedef struct ca_slot_info { - int num; /* slot number */ - - int type; /* CA interface this slot supports */ - #define CA_CI 1 /* CI high level interface */ - #define CA_CI_LINK 2 /* CI link layer level interface */ - #define CA_CI_PHYS 4 /* CI physical layer level interface */ - #define CA_DESCR 8 /* built-in descrambler */ - #define CA_SC 128 /* simple smart card interface */ - - unsigned int flags; - #define CA_CI_MODULE_PRESENT 1 /* module (or card) inserted */ - #define CA_CI_MODULE_READY 2 - } ca_slot_info_t; - -This CI interface follows the CI high level interface, which is not -implemented by most applications. Hence this area is revisited. - -This CI interface is quite different in the case that it tries to -accommodate all other CI based devices, that fall into the other categories. - -This means that this CI interface handles the EN50221 style tags in the -Application layer only and no session management is taken care of by the -application. The driver/hardware will take care of all that. - -This interface is purely an EN50221 interface exchanging APDU's. This -means that no session management, link layer or a transport layer do -exist in this case in the application to driver communication. It is -as simple as that. The driver/hardware has to take care of that. - -With this High Level CI interface, the interface can be defined with the -regular ioctls. - -All these ioctls are also valid for the High level CI interface - -#define CA_RESET _IO('o', 128) -#define CA_GET_CAP _IOR('o', 129, ca_caps_t) -#define CA_GET_SLOT_INFO _IOR('o', 130, ca_slot_info_t) -#define CA_GET_DESCR_INFO _IOR('o', 131, ca_descr_info_t) -#define CA_GET_MSG _IOR('o', 132, ca_msg_t) -#define CA_SEND_MSG _IOW('o', 133, ca_msg_t) -#define CA_SET_DESCR _IOW('o', 134, ca_descr_t) - - -On querying the device, the device yields information thus: - -.. code-block:: none - - CA_GET_SLOT_INFO - ---------------------------- - Command = [info] - APP: Number=[1] - APP: Type=[1] - APP: flags=[1] - APP: CI High level interface - APP: CA/CI Module Present - - CA_GET_CAP - ---------------------------- - Command = [caps] - APP: Slots=[1] - APP: Type=[1] - APP: Descrambler keys=[16] - APP: Type=[1] - - CA_SEND_MSG - ---------------------------- - Descriptors(Program Level)=[ 09 06 06 04 05 50 ff f1] - Found CA descriptor @ program level - - (20) ES type=[2] ES pid=[201] ES length =[0 (0x0)] - (25) ES type=[4] ES pid=[301] ES length =[0 (0x0)] - ca_message length is 25 (0x19) bytes - EN50221 CA MSG=[ 9f 80 32 19 03 01 2d d1 f0 08 01 09 06 06 04 05 50 ff f1 02 e0 c9 00 00 04 e1 2d 00 00] - - -Not all ioctl's are implemented in the driver from the API, the other -features of the hardware that cannot be implemented by the API are achieved -using the CA_GET_MSG and CA_SEND_MSG ioctls. An EN50221 style wrapper is -used to exchange the data to maintain compatibility with other hardware. - -.. code-block:: c - - /* a message to/from a CI-CAM */ - typedef struct ca_msg { - unsigned int index; - unsigned int type; - unsigned int length; - unsigned char msg[256]; - } ca_msg_t; - - -The flow of data can be described thus, - -.. code-block:: none - - App (User) - ----- - parse - | - | - v - en50221 APDU (package) - -------------------------------------- - | | | High Level CI driver - | | | - | v | - | en50221 APDU (unpackage) | - | | | - | | | - | v | - | sanity checks | - | | | - | | | - | v | - | do (H/W dep) | - -------------------------------------- - | Hardware - | - v - - - - -The High Level CI interface uses the EN50221 DVB standard, following a -standard ensures futureproofness. diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/ca.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/ca.rst index 8796512c1378..c6ee624b1234 100644 --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/ca.rst +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/ca.rst @@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ application. ca_data_types ca_function_calls + ca_high_level diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/ca_high_level.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/ca_high_level.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..a73f3691c31f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/ca_high_level.rst @@ -0,0 +1,157 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +The High level CI API +===================== + +.. note:: + + This documentation is outdated. + +This document describes the high level CI API as in accordance to the +Linux DVB API. + + +With the High Level CI approach any new card with almost any random +architecture can be implemented with this style, the definitions +inside the switch statement can be easily adapted for any card, thereby +eliminating the need for any additional ioctls. + +The disadvantage is that the driver/hardware has to manage the rest. For +the application programmer it would be as simple as sending/receiving an +array to/from the CI ioctls as defined in the Linux DVB API. No changes +have been made in the API to accommodate this feature. + + +Why the need for another CI interface? +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +This is one of the most commonly asked question. Well a nice question. +Strictly speaking this is not a new interface. + +The CI interface is defined in the DVB API in ca.h as: + +.. code-block:: c + + typedef struct ca_slot_info { + int num; /* slot number */ + + int type; /* CA interface this slot supports */ + #define CA_CI 1 /* CI high level interface */ + #define CA_CI_LINK 2 /* CI link layer level interface */ + #define CA_CI_PHYS 4 /* CI physical layer level interface */ + #define CA_DESCR 8 /* built-in descrambler */ + #define CA_SC 128 /* simple smart card interface */ + + unsigned int flags; + #define CA_CI_MODULE_PRESENT 1 /* module (or card) inserted */ + #define CA_CI_MODULE_READY 2 + } ca_slot_info_t; + +This CI interface follows the CI high level interface, which is not +implemented by most applications. Hence this area is revisited. + +This CI interface is quite different in the case that it tries to +accommodate all other CI based devices, that fall into the other categories. + +This means that this CI interface handles the EN50221 style tags in the +Application layer only and no session management is taken care of by the +application. The driver/hardware will take care of all that. + +This interface is purely an EN50221 interface exchanging APDU's. This +means that no session management, link layer or a transport layer do +exist in this case in the application to driver communication. It is +as simple as that. The driver/hardware has to take care of that. + +With this High Level CI interface, the interface can be defined with the +regular ioctls. + +All these ioctls are also valid for the High level CI interface + +#define CA_RESET _IO('o', 128) +#define CA_GET_CAP _IOR('o', 129, ca_caps_t) +#define CA_GET_SLOT_INFO _IOR('o', 130, ca_slot_info_t) +#define CA_GET_DESCR_INFO _IOR('o', 131, ca_descr_info_t) +#define CA_GET_MSG _IOR('o', 132, ca_msg_t) +#define CA_SEND_MSG _IOW('o', 133, ca_msg_t) +#define CA_SET_DESCR _IOW('o', 134, ca_descr_t) + + +On querying the device, the device yields information thus: + +.. code-block:: none + + CA_GET_SLOT_INFO + ---------------------------- + Command = [info] + APP: Number=[1] + APP: Type=[1] + APP: flags=[1] + APP: CI High level interface + APP: CA/CI Module Present + + CA_GET_CAP + ---------------------------- + Command = [caps] + APP: Slots=[1] + APP: Type=[1] + APP: Descrambler keys=[16] + APP: Type=[1] + + CA_SEND_MSG + ---------------------------- + Descriptors(Program Level)=[ 09 06 06 04 05 50 ff f1] + Found CA descriptor @ program level + + (20) ES type=[2] ES pid=[201] ES length =[0 (0x0)] + (25) ES type=[4] ES pid=[301] ES length =[0 (0x0)] + ca_message length is 25 (0x19) bytes + EN50221 CA MSG=[ 9f 80 32 19 03 01 2d d1 f0 08 01 09 06 06 04 05 50 ff f1 02 e0 c9 00 00 04 e1 2d 00 00] + + +Not all ioctl's are implemented in the driver from the API, the other +features of the hardware that cannot be implemented by the API are achieved +using the CA_GET_MSG and CA_SEND_MSG ioctls. An EN50221 style wrapper is +used to exchange the data to maintain compatibility with other hardware. + +.. code-block:: c + + /* a message to/from a CI-CAM */ + typedef struct ca_msg { + unsigned int index; + unsigned int type; + unsigned int length; + unsigned char msg[256]; + } ca_msg_t; + + +The flow of data can be described thus, + +.. code-block:: none + + App (User) + ----- + parse + | + | + v + en50221 APDU (package) + -------------------------------------- + | | | High Level CI driver + | | | + | v | + | en50221 APDU (unpackage) | + | | | + | | | + | v | + | sanity checks | + | | | + | | | + | v | + | do (H/W dep) | + -------------------------------------- + | Hardware + | + v + +The High Level CI interface uses the EN50221 DVB standard, following a +standard ensures futureproofness. |