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+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/frontend.xml
@@ -20,19 +20,44 @@ cards, in which case there exists no frontend device.</para>
<section id="frontend_types">
<title>Frontend Data Types</title>
-<section id="frontend_type">
-<title>frontend type</title>
+<section id="fe-type-t">
+<title>Frontend type</title>
<para>For historical reasons frontend types are named after the type of modulation used in
-transmission.</para>
-<programlisting>
- typedef enum fe_type {
- FE_QPSK, /&#x22C6; DVB-S &#x22C6;/
- FE_QAM, /&#x22C6; DVB-C &#x22C6;/
- FE_OFDM /&#x22C6; DVB-T &#x22C6;/
- } fe_type_t;
-</programlisting>
-
+transmission. The fontend types are given by fe_type_t type, defined as:</para>
+
+<table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="fe-type">
+<title>Frontend types</title>
+<tgroup cols="2">
+ &cs-def;
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>fe_type</entry>
+ <entry>Description</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody valign="top">
+ <row>
+ <entry id="FE_QPSK"><constant>FE_QPSK</constant></entry>
+ <entry>For DVB-S standard</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry id="FE_QAM"><constant>FE_QAM</constant></entry>
+ <entry>For DVB-C standard</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry id="FE_OFDM"><constant>FE_OFDM</constant></entry>
+ <entry>For DVB-T standard. Also used for ISDB-T on compatibility mode</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry id="FE_ATSC"><constant>FE_ATSC</constant></entry>
+ <entry>For ATSC standard (terrestrial or cable)</entry>
+ </row>
+</tbody></tgroup></table>
+
+<para>Newer formats like DVB-S2, ISDB-T, ISDB-S and DVB-T2 are not described at the above, as they're
+supported via the new <link linkend="FE_GET_SET_PROPERTY">FE_GET_PROPERTY/FE_GET_SET_PROPERTY</link> method.
+</para>
</section>
<section id="frontend_caps">
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