STRUCT CA_SLOT_INFO(9)

👑 struct ca_slot_info(9) 👑

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for struct ca_slot_info, aka the CA slot interface types and info. it's giving kernel-header realness, and we are reading every single bit. 💅✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

struct ca_slot_info - CA slot interface types and info.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

       struct ca_slot_info {
           int num;
           int type;
         #define CA_CI            1;
         #define CA_CI_LINK       2;
         #define CA_CI_PHYS       4;
         #define CA_DESCR         8;
         #define CA_SC          128;
           unsigned int flags;
         #define CA_CI_MODULE_PRESENT 1;
         #define CA_CI_MODULE_READY   2;
        };

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🧩 Members 🧩

• num — slot number.
• type — slot type.
• flags — flags applicable to the slot.

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💖 Description 💖

This struct stores the CA slot information. no cap, that's literally its whole job. 🫶

type can be:

• CA_CI — CI high level interface;
• CA_CI_LINK — CI link layer level interface;
• CA_CI_PHYS — CI physical layer level interface;
• CA_DESCR — built-in descrambler;
• CA_SC — -simple smart card interface.

flags can be:

• CA_CI_MODULE_PRESENT — module (or card) inserted;
• CA_CI_MODULE_READY — module is ready for usage.

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

Kernel file ./include/uapi/linux/dvb/ca.h struct ca_descr_info(9), struct ca_caps(9), struct ca_msg(9), struct ca_descr(9).

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cute little sign-off bestie: source/version is ./include/uapi/linux/dvb, date is October 2026, and the page is struct ca_slot_info(9) — go slay those CA slots 💜🦋🎀