Name

dvb_unregister_frontend — Unregisters a DVB frontend

Synopsis

int dvb_unregister_frontend (struct dvb_frontend * fe);
 

Arguments

fe

pointer to the frontend struct

Description

Stops the frontend kthread, calls dvb_unregister_device and frees the private frontend data allocated by dvb_register_frontend.

NOTE

This function doesn't frees the memory allocated by the demod, by the SEC driver and by the tuner. In order to free it, an explicit call to dvb_frontend_detach is needed, after calling this function.