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