| .. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*- |
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| .. _net: |
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| ############### |
| DVB Network API |
| ############### |
| The DVB net device controls the mapping of data packages that are part |
| of a transport stream to be mapped into a virtual network interface, |
| visible through the standard Linux network protocol stack. |
| |
| Currently, two encapsulations are supported: |
| |
| - `Multi Protocol Encapsulation (MPE) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiprotocol_Encapsulation>`__ |
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| - `Ultra Lightweight Encapsulation (ULE) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidirectional_Lightweight_Encapsulation>`__ |
| |
| In order to create the Linux virtual network interfaces, an application |
| needs to tell to the Kernel what are the PIDs and the encapsulation |
| types that are present on the transport stream. This is done through |
| ``/dev/dvb/adapter?/net?`` device node. The data will be available via |
| virtual ``dvb?_?`` network interfaces, and will be controlled/routed via |
| the standard ip tools (like ip, route, netstat, ifconfig, etc). |
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| Data types and and ioctl definitions are defined via ``linux/dvb/net.h`` |
| header. |
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| .. _net_fcalls: |
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| ###################### |
| DVB net Function Calls |
| ###################### |
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| .. toctree:: |
| :maxdepth: 1 |
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| net-add-if |
| net-remove-if |
| net-get-if |
