1 .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GFDL-1.1-no-invariants-or-later
2 .. c:namespace:: DTV.ca
18 .. c:function:: int open(const char *name, int flags)
24 Name of specific Digital TV CA device.
27 A bit-wise OR of the following flags:
29 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{2.5cm}|p{15.0cm}|
43 - open in non-blocking mode
44 (blocking mode is the default)
49 This system call opens a named ca device (e.g. ``/dev/dvb/adapter?/ca?``)
52 When an ``open()`` call has succeeded, the device will be ready for use. The
53 significance of blocking or non-blocking mode is described in the
54 documentation for functions where there is a difference. It does not
55 affect the semantics of the ``open()`` call itself. A device opened in
56 blocking mode can later be put into non-blocking mode (and vice versa)
57 using the ``F_SETFL`` command of the ``fcntl`` system call. This is a
58 standard system call, documented in the Linux manual page for fcntl.
59 Only one user can open the CA Device in ``O_RDWR`` mode. All other
60 attempts to open the device in this mode will fail, and an error code
66 On success 0 is returned.
68 On error -1 is returned, and the ``errno`` variable is set
71 Generic error codes are described at the
72 :ref:`Generic Error Codes <gen-errors>` chapter.