ENUM DVBFE_ALGO(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay bestie, welcome to enum dvbfe_algo(9) from the Kernel API Manual — this is the enum that defines the algorithm used to tune into a channel ✨. Think of it as the vibe check for how a device is supposed to lock onto a channel 💅.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

here's the whole enum in all its glory, no cap:

       enum dvbfe_algo {
           DVBFE_ALGO_HW ,
           DVBFE_ALGO_SW ,
           DVBFE_ALGO_CUSTOM ,
           DVBFE_ALGO_RECOVERY

       };

💖 Constants 💖

okay so these are the four constants — literally the whole cast of characters 🎀:

• DVBFE_ALGO_HW — the Hardware Algorithm. Devices that support this algorithm do everything in hardware, and no software support is needed to handle them. Requesting these devices to LOCK is the only thing required — the device is supposed to do everything in the hardware. main character energy, zero software babysitting 🔥.
• DVBFE_ALGO_SW — the Software Algorithm. These are dumb devices (their words, not mine 😭), that require software to do everything.
• DVBFE_ALGO_CUSTOM — the Customizable Agorithm (yep, that spelling is literally right there 💅). Devices having this algorithm can be customized to have specific algorithms in the frontend driver, rather than simply doing a software zig-zag. In this case the zigzag maybe hardware assisted or it maybe completely done in hardware. In all cases, usage of this algorithm, in conjunction with the search and track callbacks, utilizes the driver specific algorithm. the flexibility is lowkey iconic ✨.
• DVBFE_ALGO_RECOVERY — the Recovery Algorithm. These devices have AUTO recovery capabilities from LOCK failure. come through, resilience 🫶.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./include/media/dvb_frontend.h struct — plus the rest of the cross-reference besties:

• struct dvb_frontend_tune_settings(9)
• struct dvb_tuner_info(9)
• struct analog_parameters(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_register_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)

source/version: ./include/media · date: October 2026 — stay tuned and stay iconic, bestie 💖🫶