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diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/net.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/net.rst deleted file mode 100644 index eca42dd53261..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/media/uapi/dvb/net.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,40 +0,0 @@ -.. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*- - -.. _net: - -############### -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>`__ - -- `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). - -Data types and and ioctl definitions are defined via ``linux/dvb/net.h`` -header. - - -.. _net_fcalls: - -###################### -DVB net Function Calls -###################### - -.. toctree:: - :maxdepth: 1 - - net-add-if - net-remove-if - net-get-if |