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diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst b/Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst index 02aacd69ab96..829c672d9fe6 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ dsp_map PCM device number maps assigned to the 1st OSS device; Default: 0 adsp_map - PCM device number maps assigned to the 2st OSS device; + PCM device number maps assigned to the 2nd OSS device; Default: 1 nonblock_open Don't block opening busy PCM devices; @@ -97,9 +97,18 @@ midi_map MIDI device number maps assigned to the 1st OSS device; Default: 0 amidi_map - MIDI device number maps assigned to the 2st OSS device; + MIDI device number maps assigned to the 2nd OSS device; Default: 1 +Module snd-soc-core +------------------- + +The soc core module. It is used by all ALSA card drivers. +It takes the following options which have global effects. + +prealloc_buffer_size_kbytes + Specify prealloc buffer size in kbytes (default: 512). + Common parameters for top sound card modules -------------------------------------------- @@ -124,6 +133,19 @@ enable enable card; Default: enabled, for PCI and ISA PnP cards +These options are used for either specifying the order of instances or +controlling enabling and disabling of each one of the devices if there +are multiple devices bound with the same driver. For example, there are +many machines which have two HD-audio controllers (one for HDMI/DP +audio and another for onboard analog). In most cases, the second one is +in primary usage, and people would like to assign it as the first +appearing card. They can do it by specifying "index=1,0" module +parameter, which will swap the assignment slots. + +Today, with the sound backend like PulseAudio and PipeWire which +supports dynamic configuration, it's of little use, but that was a +help for static configuration in the past. + Module snd-adlib ---------------- @@ -309,7 +331,7 @@ pcifix This module supports all ADB PCM channels, ac97 mixer, SPDIF, hardware EQ, mpu401, gameport. A3D and wavetable support are still in development. Development and reverse engineering work is being coordinated at -http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/openvortex/ +https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/openvortex/ SPDIF output has a copy of the AC97 codec output, unless you use the ``spdif`` pcm device, which allows raw data passthru. The hardware EQ hardware and SPDIF is only present in the Vortex2 and @@ -495,7 +517,8 @@ Module for C-Media CMI8338/8738/8768/8770 PCI sound cards. mpu_port port address of MIDI interface (8338 only): 0x300,0x310,0x320,0x330 = legacy port, - 0 = disable (default) + 1 = integrated PCI port (default on 8738), + 0 = disable fm_port port address of OPL-3 FM synthesizer (8x38 only): 0x388 = legacy port, @@ -713,13 +736,14 @@ Module for EMU10K1/EMU10k2 based PCI sound cards. * Sound Blaster Live! * Sound Blaster PCI 512 -* Emu APS (partially supported) * Sound Blaster Audigy - +* E-MU APS (partially supported) +* E-MU DAS + extin - bitmap of available external inputs for FX8010 (see bellow) + bitmap of available external inputs for FX8010 (see below) extout - bitmap of available external outputs for FX8010 (see bellow) + bitmap of available external outputs for FX8010 (see below) seq_ports allocated sequencer ports (4 by default) max_synth_voices @@ -1058,6 +1082,12 @@ The model name ``generic`` is treated as a special case. When this model is given, the driver uses the generic codec parser without "codec-patch". It's sometimes good for testing and debugging. +The model option can be used also for aliasing to another PCI or codec +SSID. When it's passed in the form of ``model=XXXX:YYYY`` where XXXX +and YYYY are the sub-vendor and sub-device IDs in hex numbers, +respectively, the driver will refer to that SSID as a reference to the +quirk table. + If the default configuration doesn't work and one of the above matches with your device, report it together with alsa-info.sh output (with ``--no-upload`` option) to kernel bugzilla or alsa-devel @@ -1500,7 +1530,7 @@ Module for Digigram miXart8 sound cards. This module supports multiple cards. Note: One miXart8 board will be represented as 4 alsa cards. -See MIXART.txt for details. +See Documentation/sound/cards/mixart.rst for details. When the driver is compiled as a module and the hotplug firmware is supported, the firmware data is loaded via hotplug automatically. @@ -1574,7 +1604,7 @@ See Documentation/sound/cards/multisound.sh for important information about this driver. Note that it has been discontinued, but the Voyetra Turtle Beach knowledge base entry for it is still available at -http://www.turtlebeach.com +https://www.turtlebeach.com Module snd-msnd-pinnacle ------------------------ @@ -2226,6 +2256,11 @@ quirk_alias Quirk alias list, pass strings like ``0123abcd:5678beef``, which applies the existing quirk for the device 5678:beef to a new device 0123:abcd. +implicit_fb + Apply the generic implicit feedback sync mode. When this is set + and the playback stream sync mode is ASYNC, the driver tries to + tie an adjacent ASYNC capture stream as the implicit feedback + source. This is equivalent with quirk_flags bit 17. use_vmalloc Use vmalloc() for allocations of the PCM buffers (default: yes). For architectures with non-coherent memory like ARM or MIPS, the @@ -2233,6 +2268,42 @@ use_vmalloc buffers. If mmap is used on such architectures, turn off this option, so that the DMA-coherent buffers are allocated and used instead. +delayed_register + The option is needed for devices that have multiple streams + defined in multiple USB interfaces. The driver may invoke + registrations multiple times (once per interface) and this may + lead to the insufficient device enumeration. + This option receives an array of strings, and you can pass + ID:INTERFACE like ``0123abcd:4`` for performing the delayed + registration to the given device. In this example, when a USB + device 0123:abcd is probed, the driver waits the registration + until the USB interface 4 gets probed. + The driver prints a message like "Found post-registration device + assignment: 1234abcd:04" for such a device, so that user can + notice the need. +quirk_flags + Contains the bit flags for various device specific workarounds. + Applied to the corresponding card index. + + * bit 0: Skip reading sample rate for devices + * bit 1: Create Media Controller API entries + * bit 2: Allow alignment on audio sub-slot at transfer + * bit 3: Add length specifier to transfers + * bit 4: Start playback stream at first in implement feedback mode + * bit 5: Skip clock selector setup + * bit 6: Ignore errors from clock source search + * bit 7: Indicates ITF-USB DSD based DACs + * bit 8: Add a delay of 20ms at each control message handling + * bit 9: Add a delay of 1-2ms at each control message handling + * bit 10: Add a delay of 5-6ms at each control message handling + * bit 11: Add a delay of 50ms at each interface setup + * bit 12: Perform sample rate validations at probe + * bit 13: Disable runtime PM autosuspend + * bit 14: Ignore errors for mixer access + * bit 15: Support generic DSD raw U32_BE format + * bit 16: Set up the interface at first like UAC1 + * bit 17: Apply the generic implicit feedback sync mode + * bit 18: Don't apply implicit feedback sync mode This module supports multiple devices, autoprobe and hotplugging. @@ -2242,11 +2313,14 @@ check. NB: ``ignore_ctl_error=1`` may help when you get an error at accessing the mixer element such as URB error -22. This happens on some -buggy USB device or the controller. +buggy USB device or the controller. This workaround corresponds to +the ``quirk_flags`` bit 14, too. -NB: quirk_alias option is provided only for testing / development. +NB: ``quirk_alias`` option is provided only for testing / development. If you want to have a proper support, contact to upstream for adding the matching quirk in the driver code statically. +Ditto for ``quirk_flags``. If a device is known to require specific +workarounds, please report to the upstream. Module snd-usb-caiaq -------------------- @@ -2689,4 +2763,4 @@ Kernel Bugzilla ALSA Developers ML mailto:alsa-devel@alsa-project.org alsa-info.sh script - http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh + https://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh |