6.1. ioctl NET_ADD_IF¶
6.1.1. Name¶
NET_ADD_IF - Creates a new network interface for a given Packet ID.
6.1.3. Arguments¶
fd
- File descriptor returned by open().
request
- FE_SET_TONE
net_if
- pointer to struct dvb_net_if
6.1.4. Description¶
The NET_ADD_IF ioctl system call selects the Packet ID (PID) that contains a TCP/IP traffic, the type of encapsulation to be used (MPE or ULE) and the interface number for the new interface to be created. When the system call successfully returns, a new virtual network interface is created.
The struct dvb_net_if::ifnum field will be filled with the number of the created interface.
6.1.5. struct dvb_net_if description¶
ID | Description |
---|---|
pid | Packet ID (PID) of the MPEG-TS that contains data |
ifnum | number of the DVB interface. |
feedtype | Encapsulation type of the feed. It can be:
DVB_NET_FEEDTYPE_MPE for MPE encoding or
DVB_NET_FEEDTYPE_ULE for ULE encoding. |
6.1.6. Return Value¶
On success 0 is returned, on error -1 and the errno
variable is set
appropriately. The generic error codes are described at the
Generic Error Codes chapter.