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.. -*- coding: utf-8; mode: rst -*-
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.. _query-dvb-frontend-info:
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Querying frontend information
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Usually, the first thing to do when the frontend is opened is to check
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the frontend capabilities. This is done using
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:ref:`FE_GET_INFO`. This ioctl will enumerate the
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DVB API version and other characteristics about the frontend, and can be
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opened either in read only or read/write mode.
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