dvb_register_frontend(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to dvb_register_frontend(9) from the Kernel API Manual 💅 this page is literally about registering a DVB frontend at the adapter. that’s the whole vibe. slay.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int dvb_register_frontend (struct dvb_adapter *dvb , struct dvb_frontend *fe );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dvb — pointer to struct dvb_adapter 🫶
• fe — pointer to struct dvb_frontend 🦋

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here’s the tea: dvb_register_frontend allocates and initializes the private data that the frontend core needs to manage the frontend, and it calls dvb_register_device to register a new frontend. iconic.

it also cleans the property cache that stores the frontend parameters, and it selects the first available delivery system. no cap, that’s the whole job. 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file ./include/media/dvb_frontend.h is the main character here, and these friends are all linked too:

• struct dvb_frontend_tune_settings(9)
• struct dvb_tuner_info(9)
• struct analog_parameters(9)
• enum dvbfe_algo(9)
• enum dvbfe_search(9)
• struct dvb_tuner_ops(9)
• struct analog_demod_info(9)
• struct analog_demod_ops(9)
• struct dvb_frontend_internal_info(9)
• struct dvb_frontend_ops(9)
• struct dtv_frontend_properties(9)
• struct dvb_frontend(9)
• dvb_unregister_frontend(9)
• dvb_frontend_detach(9)
• dvb_frontend_suspend(9)
• dvb_frontend_resume(9)
• dvb_frontend_reinitialise(9)
• dvb_frontend_sleep_until(9)

that’s the whole page, bestie 🫶 source/version: ./include/media · date: October 2026 · page: dvb_register_frontend(9) ✨