<para>File descriptor returned by a previous call to open().</para>
</entry>
</row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
-&return-value-dvb;
+<para>RETURN VALUE</para>
<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry
align="char">
<para>EBADF</para>
<para>The bit error rate is stored into *ber.</para>
</entry>
</row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
+
&return-value-dvb;
-<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EBADF</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>fd is not a valid open file descriptor.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EFAULT</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>ber points to invalid address.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>ENOSIGNAL</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>There is no signal, thus no meaningful bit error rate. Also
- returned if the front-end is not turned on.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>ENOSYS</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>Function not available for this device.</para>
-</entry>
- </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
</section>
<section id="FE_READ_SNR">
</row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
&return-value-dvb;
-<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EBADF</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>fd is not a valid open file descriptor.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EFAULT</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>snr points to invalid address.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>ENOSIGNAL</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>There is no signal, thus no meaningful signal strength
- value. Also returned if front-end is not turned on.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>ENOSYS</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>Function not available for this device.</para>
-</entry>
- </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
</section>
<section id="FE_READ_SIGNAL_STRENGTH">
<para>The signal strength value is stored into *strength.</para>
</entry>
</row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
+
&return-value-dvb;
-<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EBADF</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>fd is not a valid open file descriptor.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EFAULT</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>status points to invalid address.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>ENOSIGNAL</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>There is no signal, thus no meaningful signal strength
- value. Also returned if front-end is not turned on.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>ENOSYS</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>Function not available for this device.</para>
-</entry>
- </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
</section>
<section id="FE_READ_UNCORRECTED_BLOCKS">
so far.</para>
</entry>
</row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
+
&return-value-dvb;
-<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EBADF</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>fd is not a valid open file descriptor.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EFAULT</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>ublocks points to invalid address.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>ENOSYS</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>Function not available for this device.</para>
-</entry>
- </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
</section>
<section id="FE_SET_FRONTEND">
<para>Points to parameters for tuning operation.</para>
</entry>
</row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
+
&return-value-dvb;
<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry
align="char">
-<para>EBADF</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>fd is not a valid open file descriptor.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EFAULT</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>p points to invalid address.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
<para>EINVAL</para>
</entry><entry
align="char">
</row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
&return-value-dvb;
-
<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry
align="char">
-<para>EBADF</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>fd is not a valid open file descriptor.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EFAULT</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>p points to invalid address.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
<para>EINVAL</para>
</entry><entry
align="char">
&return-value-dvb;
<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry
align="char">
-<para>EBADF</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>fd is not a valid open file descriptor.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EFAULT</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>ev points to invalid address.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
<para>EWOULDBLOCK</para>
</entry><entry
align="char">
</row><row><entry
align="char">
<para>EOVERFLOW</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
</entry><entry
align="char">
<para>Overflow in event queue - one or more events were lost.</para>
</entry>
</row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
&return-value-dvb;
-<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EBADF</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>fd is not a valid open file descriptor.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EFAULT</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>info points to invalid address.</para>
-</entry>
-</row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
</section>
<section id="FE_DISEQC_RESET_OVERLOAD">
</row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
&return-value-dvb;
-<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EBADF</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>fd is not a valid file descriptor.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EPERM</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>Permission denied (needs read/write access).</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EINTERNAL</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>Internal error in the device driver.</para>
-</entry>
-</row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
</section>
<section id="FE_DISEQC_SEND_MASTER_CMD">
</row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
&return-value-dvb;
-<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EBADF</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>fd is not a valid file descriptor.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EFAULT</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>Seq points to an invalid address.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EINVAL</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>The data structure referred to by seq is invalid in some
- way.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EPERM</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>Permission denied (needs read/write access).</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EINTERNAL</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>Internal error in the device driver.</para>
-</entry>
-</row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
</section>
<section id="FE_DISEQC_RECV_SLAVE_REPLY">
</entry>
</row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
&return-value-dvb;
-<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EBADF</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>fd is not a valid file descriptor.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EFAULT</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>Seq points to an invalid address.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EINVAL</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>The data structure referred to by seq is invalid in some
- way.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EPERM</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>Permission denied (needs read/write access).</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EINTERNAL</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>Internal error in the device driver.</para>
-</entry>
- </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
</section>
<section id="FE_DISEQC_SEND_BURST">
</row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
&return-value-dvb;
-<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EBADF</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>fd is not a valid file descriptor.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EFAULT</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>Seq points to an invalid address.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EINVAL</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>The data structure referred to by seq is invalid in some
- way.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EPERM</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>Permission denied (needs read/write access).</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EINTERNAL</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>Internal error in the device driver.</para>
-</entry>
-</row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
</section>
<section id="FE_SET_TONE">
</entry>
</row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
&return-value-dvb;
-<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>ENODEV</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>Device driver not loaded/available.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EBUSY</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>Device or resource busy.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EINVAL</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>Invalid argument.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EPERM</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>File not opened with read permissions.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EINTERNAL</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>Internal error in the device driver.</para>
-</entry>
-</row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
</section>
<section id="FE_SET_VOLTAGE">
</row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
&return-value-dvb;
-<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>ENODEV</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>Device driver not loaded/available.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EBUSY</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>Device or resource busy.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EINVAL</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>Invalid argument.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EPERM</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>File not opened with read permissions.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EINTERNAL</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>Internal error in the device driver.</para>
-</entry>
- </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
</section>
<section id="FE_ENABLE_HIGH_LNB_VOLTAGE">
</row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
&return-value-dvb;
-<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>ENODEV</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>Device driver not loaded/available.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EBUSY</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>Device or resource busy.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EINVAL</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>Invalid argument.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EPERM</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>File not opened with read permissions.</para>
-</entry>
- </row><row><entry
- align="char">
-<para>EINTERNAL</para>
-</entry><entry
- align="char">
-<para>Internal error in the device driver.</para>
-</entry>
- </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
</section>
<section id="FE_SET_FRONTEND_TUNE_MODE">
</row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
&return-value-dvb;
-<informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody><row>
-<entry align="char"><para>EINVAL</para></entry>
-<entry align="char"><para>Invalid argument.</para></entry>
- </row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
</section>
<section id="FE_DISHNETWORK_SEND_LEGACY_CMD">
</row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
&return-value-dvb;
-<informaltable><tgroup cols="1"><tbody><row>
-<entry align="char">
- <para>There are no errors in use for this call</para>
-</entry>
-</row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
</section>
</section>
<!-- Keep it ordered alphabetically -->
<row>
<entry>EBADF</entry>
- <entry><parameter>fd</parameter> is not a valid open file descriptor.</entry>
+ <entry>The file descriptor is not a valid.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>EBUSY</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>EFAULT</entry>
- <entry><parameter>fd</parameter> is not a valid open file descriptor.</entry>
+ <entry>There was a failure while copying data from/to userspace,
+ probably caused by an invalid pointer reference.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>EINVAL</entry>
- <entry>One or more of the ioctl parameters are invalid. This is a widely
- used error code. See the individual ioctl requests for actual causes.</entry>
+ <entry>One or more of the ioctl parameters are invalid or out of the
+ allowed range. This is a widely used error code. See the individual
+ ioctl requests for specific causes.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>EINVAL or ENOTTY</entry>
<entry>The ioctl is not supported by the driver, actually meaning that
the required functionality is not available, or the file
- descriptor is not for a media device.</entry>
+ descriptor is not for a media device. The usage of EINVAL is
+ deprecated and will be fixed on a latter patch.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>ENODEV</entry>
that this request would overcommit the usb bandwidth reserved
for periodic transfers (up to 80% of the USB bandwidth).</entry>
</row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>ENOSYS or EOPNOTSUPP</entry>
+ <entry>Function not available for this device (dvb API only. Will likely
+ be replaced anytime soon by ENOTTY).</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry>EPERM</entry>
+ <entry>Permission denied. Can be returned if the device needs write
+ permission, or some special capabilities is needed
+ (e. g. root)</entry>
+ </row>
<row>
<entry>EWOULDBLOCK</entry>
<entry>Operation would block. Used when the ioctl would need to wait