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+<refentry id="FE_GET_PROPERTY">
+  <refmeta>
+    <refentrytitle>ioctl FE_SET_PROPERTY, FE_GET_PROPERTY</refentrytitle>
+    &manvol;
+  </refmeta>
+
+  <refnamediv>
+      <refname>FE_SET_PROPERTY</refname>
+      <refname>FE_GET_PROPERTY</refname>
+    <refpurpose>FE_SET_PROPERTY sets one or more frontend properties.
+	FE_GET_PROPERTY returns one or more frontend properties.</refpurpose>
+  </refnamediv>
+
+  <refsynopsisdiv>
+    <funcsynopsis>
+      <funcprototype>
+	<funcdef>int <function>ioctl</function></funcdef>
+	<paramdef>int <parameter>fd</parameter></paramdef>
+	<paramdef>int <parameter>request</parameter></paramdef>
+	<paramdef>struct dtv_properties *<parameter>argp</parameter></paramdef>
+      </funcprototype>
+    </funcsynopsis>
+  </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Arguments</title>
+        <variablelist>
+      <varlistentry>
+	<term><parameter>fd</parameter></term>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>&fe_fd;</para>
+	</listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+	<term><parameter>request</parameter></term>
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>FE_SET_PROPERTY, FE_GET_PROPERTY</para>
+	</listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
+	<term><parameter>argp</parameter></term>
+	<listitem>
+	    <para>pointer to &dtv-properties;</para>
+	</listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1>
+    <title>Description</title>
+
+    <para>All DVB frontend devices support the
+<constant>FE_SET_PROPERTY</constant> and <constant>FE_GET_PROPERTY</constant>
+ioctls. The supported properties and statistics depends on the delivery system
+and on the device:</para>
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem>
+    <para><constant>FE_SET_PROPERTY:</constant></para>
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>This ioctl is used to set one or more
+	frontend properties.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>This is the basic command to request the frontend to tune into some
+    frequency and to start decoding the digital TV signal.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>This call requires read/write access to the device.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>At return, the values are updated to reflect the
+    actual parameters used.</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+    <para><constant>FE_GET_PROPERTY:</constant></para>
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>This ioctl is used to get properties and
+statistics from the frontend.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>No properties are changed, and statistics aren't reset.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>This call only requires read-only access to the device.</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+</listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+&return-value-dvb;
+</refsect1>
+</refentry>