diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/frontend_legacy_api.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/frontend_legacy_api.xml index e2817f830312e47a449c7cea0fbba9d1ec367918..1eedc4ce0e4a500951c8e5d1eaad1a5ad51930f5 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/frontend_legacy_api.xml +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/frontend_legacy_api.xml @@ -45,9 +45,19 @@ supported via the new FE_GET_PROPERTY/FE_GET_SET_PROPERTY ioctl's, using the DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM parameter. -The usage of this field is deprecated, as it doesn't report all supported standards, and -will provide an incomplete information for frontends that support multiple delivery systems. -Please use DTV_ENUM_DELSYS instead. +In the old days, &dvb-frontend-info; used to contain + fe_type_t field to indicate the delivery systems, + filled with either FE_QPSK, FE_QAM, FE_OFDM or FE_ATSC. While this is + still filled to keep backward compatibility, the usage of this + field is deprecated, as it can report just one delivery system, but some + devices support multiple delivery systems. Please use + DTV_ENUM_DELSYS instead. + +On devices that support multiple delivery systems, + &dvb-frontend-info;::fe_type_t is filled with the + currently standard, as selected by the last call to + FE_SET_PROPERTY + using the &DTV-DELIVERY-SYSTEM; property.