Shared infrastructure code for Digital Video Broadcasting support in Linux, providing the common APIs and helpers that individual DVB tuner, demodulator, and capture card drivers build on top of. It is not tied to any single piece of hardware.
This is not actually a driver directory; it is the core framework that underpins every DVB (digital TV) device driver in the kernel. It cannot be evaluated for removal in isolation because removing it would break the entire DVB subsystem.
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Not a driver directory: DVB core/framework code shared by media drivers, not a hardware-specific kernel driver.