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authorHans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>2009-07-20 14:17:55 +0200
committerHans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>2009-07-20 14:17:55 +0200
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v4l2-spec: update for new modulator and rds encoder caps.
From: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> Document the radio modulator and RDS encoder API. Priority: normal Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl>
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
<title>Radio Interface</title>
<para>This interface is intended for AM and FM (analog) radio
-receivers.</para>
+receivers and transmitters.</para>
<para>Conventionally V4L2 radio devices are accessed through
character device special files named <filename>/dev/radio</filename>
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ numbers 64 to 127.</para>
<para>Devices supporting the radio interface set the
<constant>V4L2_CAP_RADIO</constant> and
-<constant>V4L2_CAP_TUNER</constant> flag in the
+<constant>V4L2_CAP_TUNER</constant> or
+<constant>V4L2_CAP_MODULATOR</constant> flag in the
<structfield>capabilities</structfield> field of &v4l2-capability;
returned by the &VIDIOC-QUERYCAP; ioctl. Other combinations of
capability flags are reserved for future extensions.</para>
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ capability flags are reserved for future extensions.</para>
<para>Radio devices can support <link
linkend="control">controls</link>, and must support the <link
-linkend="tuner">tuner</link> ioctls.</para>
+linkend="tuner">tuner or modulator</link> ioctls.</para>
<para>They do not support the video input or output, audio input
or output, video standard, cropping and scaling, compression and
@@ -38,11 +39,12 @@ methods are reserved for future extensions.</para>
<para>Radio devices may have a couple audio controls (as discussed
in <xref linkend="control">) such as a volume control, possibly custom
-controls. Further all radio devices have one tuner (these are
+controls. Further all radio devices have one tuner or modulator (these are
discussed in <xref linkend="tuner">) with index number zero to select
the radio frequency and to determine if a monaural or FM stereo
-program is received. Drivers switch automatically between AM and FM
-depending on the selected frequency. The &VIDIOC-G-TUNER; ioctl
+program is received/emitted. Drivers switch automatically between AM and FM
+depending on the selected frequency. The &VIDIOC-G-TUNER; or
+&VIDIOC-G-MODULATOR; ioctl
reports the supported frequency range.</para>
</section>