1<title>DVB Network API</title>
2<para>The DVB net device controls the mapping of data packages that are
3    part of a transport stream to be mapped into a virtual network interface,
4    visible through the standard Linux network protocol stack.</para>
5<para>Currently, two encapsulations are supported:</para>
6<itemizedlist>
7    <listitem><para><ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiprotocol_Encapsulation">
8	Multi Protocol Encapsulation (MPE)</ulink></para></listitem>
9    <listitem><para><ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidirectional_Lightweight_Encapsulation">
10	Ultra Lightweight Encapsulation (ULE)</ulink></para></listitem>
11</itemizedlist>
12
13<para>In order to create the Linux virtual network interfaces, an application
14    needs to tell to the Kernel what are the PIDs and the encapsulation types
15    that are present on the transport stream. This is done through
16    <constant>/dev/dvb/adapter?/net?</constant> device node.
17    The data will be available via virtual <constant>dvb?_?</constant>
18    network interfaces, and will be controled/routed via the standard
19    ip tools (like ip, route, netstat, ifconfig, etc).</para>
20<para> Data types and and ioctl definitions are defined via
21    <constant>linux/dvb/net.h</constant> header.</para>
22
23<section id="net_fcalls">
24<title>DVB net Function Calls</title>
25
26
27<refentry id="NET_ADD_IF">
28  <refmeta>
29    <refentrytitle>ioctl NET_ADD_IF</refentrytitle>
30    &manvol;
31  </refmeta>
32
33  <refnamediv>
34    <refname>NET_ADD_IF</refname>
35    <refpurpose>Creates a new network interface for a given Packet ID.</refpurpose>
36  </refnamediv>
37
38  <refsynopsisdiv>
39    <funcsynopsis>
40      <funcprototype>
41	<funcdef>int <function>ioctl</function></funcdef>
42	<paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef>
43	<paramdef>int <parameter>request</parameter></paramdef>
44	<paramdef>struct dvb_net_if *<parameter>net_if</parameter></paramdef>
45      </funcprototype>
46    </funcsynopsis>
47  </refsynopsisdiv>
48
49  <refsect1>
50    <title>Arguments</title>
51        <variablelist>
52      <varlistentry>
53	<term><parameter>fd</parameter></term>
54	<listitem>
55	  <para>&fe_fd;</para>
56	</listitem>
57      </varlistentry>
58      <varlistentry>
59	<term><parameter>request</parameter></term>
60	<listitem>
61	  <para>FE_SET_TONE</para>
62	</listitem>
63      </varlistentry>
64      <varlistentry>
65	<term><parameter>net_if</parameter></term>
66	<listitem>
67	  <para>pointer to &dvb-net-if;</para>
68	</listitem>
69      </varlistentry>
70    </variablelist>
71  </refsect1>
72
73  <refsect1>
74    <title>Description</title>
75
76<para>The NET_ADD_IF ioctl system call selects the Packet ID (PID) that
77    contains a TCP/IP traffic, the type of encapsulation to be used (MPE or ULE)
78    and the interface number for the new interface to be created. When the
79    system call successfully returns, a new virtual network interface is  created.</para>
80<para>The &dvb-net-if;::ifnum field will be filled with the number of the
81    created interface.</para>
82
83&return-value-dvb;
84</refsect1>
85
86<refsect1 id="dvb-net-if-t">
87<title>struct <structname>dvb_net_if</structname> description</title>
88
89<table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="dvb-net-if">
90    <title>struct <structname>dvb_net_if</structname></title>
91    <tgroup cols="2">
92	&cs-def;
93	<thead>
94	<row>
95	    <entry>ID</entry>
96	    <entry>Description</entry>
97	</row>
98	</thead>
99	<tbody valign="top">
100	<row>
101	    <entry align="char">pid</entry>
102	    <entry align="char">Packet ID (PID) of the MPEG-TS that contains
103		data</entry>
104	</row><row>
105	    <entry align="char">ifnum</entry>
106	    <entry align="char">number of the DVB interface.</entry>
107	</row><row>
108	    <entry align="char">feedtype</entry>
109	    <entry align="char">Encapsulation type of the feed. It can be:
110		<constant>DVB_NET_FEEDTYPE_MPE</constant> for MPE encoding
111		or
112		<constant>DVB_NET_FEEDTYPE_ULE</constant> for ULE encoding.
113		</entry>
114	</row>
115        </tbody>
116    </tgroup>
117</table>
118</refsect1>
119</refentry>
120
121<refentry id="NET_REMOVE_IF">
122  <refmeta>
123    <refentrytitle>ioctl NET_REMOVE_IF</refentrytitle>
124    &manvol;
125  </refmeta>
126
127  <refnamediv>
128    <refname>NET_REMOVE_IF</refname>
129    <refpurpose>Removes a network interface.</refpurpose>
130  </refnamediv>
131
132  <refsynopsisdiv>
133    <funcsynopsis>
134      <funcprototype>
135	<funcdef>int <function>ioctl</function></funcdef>
136	<paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef>
137	<paramdef>int <parameter>request</parameter></paramdef>
138	<paramdef>int <parameter>ifnum</parameter></paramdef>
139      </funcprototype>
140    </funcsynopsis>
141  </refsynopsisdiv>
142
143  <refsect1>
144    <title>Arguments</title>
145        <variablelist>
146      <varlistentry>
147	<term><parameter>fd</parameter></term>
148	<listitem>
149	  <para>&fe_fd;</para>
150	</listitem>
151      </varlistentry>
152      <varlistentry>
153	<term><parameter>request</parameter></term>
154	<listitem>
155	  <para>FE_SET_TONE</para>
156	</listitem>
157      </varlistentry>
158      <varlistentry>
159	<term><parameter>net_if</parameter></term>
160	<listitem>
161	  <para>number of the interface to be removed</para>
162	</listitem>
163      </varlistentry>
164    </variablelist>
165  </refsect1>
166
167  <refsect1>
168    <title>Description</title>
169
170<para>The NET_REMOVE_IF ioctl deletes an interface previously created
171    via &NET-ADD-IF;.</para>
172
173&return-value-dvb;
174</refsect1>
175</refentry>
176
177
178<refentry id="NET_GET_IF">
179  <refmeta>
180    <refentrytitle>ioctl NET_GET_IF</refentrytitle>
181    &manvol;
182  </refmeta>
183
184  <refnamediv>
185    <refname>NET_GET_IF</refname>
186    <refpurpose>Read the configuration data of an interface created via
187	&NET-ADD-IF;.</refpurpose>
188  </refnamediv>
189
190  <refsynopsisdiv>
191    <funcsynopsis>
192      <funcprototype>
193	<funcdef>int <function>ioctl</function></funcdef>
194	<paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef>
195	<paramdef>int <parameter>request</parameter></paramdef>
196	<paramdef>struct dvb_net_if *<parameter>net_if</parameter></paramdef>
197      </funcprototype>
198    </funcsynopsis>
199  </refsynopsisdiv>
200
201  <refsect1>
202    <title>Arguments</title>
203        <variablelist>
204      <varlistentry>
205	<term><parameter>fd</parameter></term>
206	<listitem>
207	  <para>&fe_fd;</para>
208	</listitem>
209      </varlistentry>
210      <varlistentry>
211	<term><parameter>request</parameter></term>
212	<listitem>
213	  <para>FE_SET_TONE</para>
214	</listitem>
215      </varlistentry>
216      <varlistentry>
217	<term><parameter>net_if</parameter></term>
218	<listitem>
219	  <para>pointer to &dvb-net-if;</para>
220	</listitem>
221      </varlistentry>
222    </variablelist>
223  </refsect1>
224
225  <refsect1>
226    <title>Description</title>
227
228<para>The NET_GET_IF ioctl uses the interface number given by the
229    &dvb-net-if;::ifnum field and fills the content of &dvb-net-if; with
230    the packet ID and encapsulation type used on such interface. If the
231    interface was not created yet with &NET-ADD-IF;, it will return -1 and
232    fill the <constant>errno</constant> with <constant>EINVAL</constant>
233    error code.</para>
234
235&return-value-dvb;
236</refsect1>
237</refentry>
238</section>
239