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author | Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com> | 2009-09-16 10:24:52 -0300 |
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staging-specs: Move xml entities to kernel Documentation/DocBook
From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/linux/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-rds.xml b/linux/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-rds.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0869d701b --- /dev/null +++ b/linux/Documentation/DocBook/v4l/dev-rds.xml @@ -0,0 +1,168 @@ + <title>RDS Interface</title> + + <para>The Radio Data System transmits supplementary +information in binary format, for example the station name or travel +information, on an inaudible audio subcarrier of a radio program. This +interface is aimed at devices capable of receiving and decoding RDS +information.</para> + + <para>For more information see the core RDS standard <xref linkend="en50067" /> +and the RBDS standard <xref linkend="nrsc4" />.</para> + + <para>Note that the RBDS standard as is used in the USA is almost identical +to the RDS standard. Any RDS decoder can also handle RBDS. Only some of the fields +have slightly different meanings. See the RBDS standard for more information.</para> + + <para>The RBDS standard also specifies support for MMBS (Modified Mobile Search). +This is a proprietary format which seems to be discontinued. The RDS interface does not +support this format. Should support for MMBS (or the so-called 'E blocks' in general) +be needed, then please contact the linux-media mailing list: &v4l-ml;.</para> + + <section> + <title>Querying Capabilities</title> + + <para>Devices supporting the RDS capturing API +set the <constant>V4L2_CAP_RDS_CAPTURE</constant> flag in +the <structfield>capabilities</structfield> field of &v4l2-capability; +returned by the &VIDIOC-QUERYCAP; ioctl. +Any tuner that supports RDS will set the +<constant>V4L2_TUNER_CAP_RDS</constant> flag in the <structfield>capability</structfield> +field of &v4l2-tuner;. +Whether an RDS signal is present can be detected by looking at +the <structfield>rxsubchans</structfield> field of &v4l2-tuner;: the +<constant>V4L2_TUNER_SUB_RDS</constant> will be set if RDS data was detected.</para> + + <para>Devices supporting the RDS output API +set the <constant>V4L2_CAP_RDS_OUTPUT</constant> flag in +the <structfield>capabilities</structfield> field of &v4l2-capability; +returned by the &VIDIOC-QUERYCAP; ioctl. +Any modulator that supports RDS will set the +<constant>V4L2_TUNER_CAP_RDS</constant> flag in the <structfield>capability</structfield> +field of &v4l2-modulator;. +In order to enable the RDS transmission one must set the <constant>V4L2_TUNER_SUB_RDS</constant> +bit in the <structfield>txsubchans</structfield> field of &v4l2-modulator;.</para> + + </section> + + <section> + <title>Reading RDS data</title> + + <para>RDS data can be read from the radio device +with the &func-read; function. The data is packed in groups of three bytes, +as follows:</para> + <table frame="none" pgwide="1" id="v4l2-rds-data"> + <title>struct +<structname>v4l2_rds_data</structname></title> + <tgroup cols="3"> + <colspec colname="c1" colwidth="1*" /> + <colspec colname="c2" colwidth="1*" /> + <colspec colname="c3" colwidth="5*" /> + <tbody valign="top"> + <row> + <entry>__u8</entry> + <entry><structfield>lsb</structfield></entry> + <entry>Least Significant Byte of RDS Block</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>__u8</entry> + <entry><structfield>msb</structfield></entry> + <entry>Most Significant Byte of RDS Block</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>__u8</entry> + <entry><structfield>block</structfield></entry> + <entry>Block description</entry> + </row> + </tbody> + </tgroup> + </table> + <table frame="none" pgwide="1" id="v4l2-rds-block"> + <title>Block description</title> + <tgroup cols="2"> + <colspec colname="c1" colwidth="1*" /> + <colspec colname="c2" colwidth="5*" /> + <tbody valign="top"> + <row> + <entry>Bits 0-2</entry> + <entry>Block (aka offset) of the received data.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>Bits 3-5</entry> + <entry>Deprecated. Currently identical to bits 0-2. Do not use these bits.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>Bit 6</entry> + <entry>Corrected bit. Indicates that an error was corrected for this data block.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>Bit 7</entry> + <entry>Error bit. Indicates that an uncorrectable error occurred during reception of this block.</entry> + </row> + </tbody> + </tgroup> + </table> + + <table frame="none" pgwide="1" id="v4l2-rds-block-codes"> + <title>Block defines</title> + <tgroup cols="3"> + <colspec colname="c1" colwidth="1*" /> + <colspec colname="c2" colwidth="1*" /> + <colspec colname="c3" colwidth="5*" /> + <tbody valign="top"> + <row> + <entry>V4L2_RDS_BLOCK_MSK</entry> + <entry>7</entry> + <entry>Mask for bits 0-2 to get the block ID.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>V4L2_RDS_BLOCK_A</entry> + <entry>0</entry> + <entry>Block A.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>V4L2_RDS_BLOCK_B</entry> + <entry>1</entry> + <entry>Block B.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>V4L2_RDS_BLOCK_C</entry> + <entry>2</entry> + <entry>Block C.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>V4L2_RDS_BLOCK_D</entry> + <entry>3</entry> + <entry>Block D.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>V4L2_RDS_BLOCK_C_ALT</entry> + <entry>4</entry> + <entry>Block C'.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>V4L2_RDS_BLOCK_INVALID</entry> + <entry>7</entry> + <entry>An invalid block.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>V4L2_RDS_BLOCK_CORRECTED</entry> + <entry>0x40</entry> + <entry>A bit error was detected but corrected.</entry> + </row> + <row> + <entry>V4L2_RDS_BLOCK_ERROR</entry> + <entry>0x80</entry> + <entry>An incorrectable error occurred.</entry> + </row> + </tbody> + </tgroup> + </table> + </section> + +<!-- +Local Variables: +mode: sgml +sgml-parent-document: "v4l2.sgml" +indent-tabs-mode: nil +End: + --> |