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1.. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*-
2
3.. _net:
4
5###############
6DVB Network API
7###############
8The DVB net device controls the mapping of data packages that are part
9of a transport stream to be mapped into a virtual network interface,
10visible through the standard Linux network protocol stack.
11
12Currently, two encapsulations are supported:
13
14- `Multi Protocol Encapsulation (MPE) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiprotocol_Encapsulation>`__
15
16- `Ultra Lightweight Encapsulation (ULE) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidirectional_Lightweight_Encapsulation>`__
17
18In order to create the Linux virtual network interfaces, an application
19needs to tell to the Kernel what are the PIDs and the encapsulation
20types that are present on the transport stream. This is done through
21``/dev/dvb/adapter?/net?`` device node. The data will be available via
22virtual ``dvb?_?`` network interfaces, and will be controlled/routed via
23the standard ip tools (like ip, route, netstat, ifconfig, etc).
24
25Data types and and ioctl definitions are defined via ``linux/dvb/net.h``
26header.
27
28
29.. _net_fcalls:
30
31######################
32DVB net Function Calls
33######################
34
35.. toctree::
36 :maxdepth: 1
37
38 net-add-if
39 net-remove-if
40 net-get-if