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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sound/kernel-api/writing-an-alsa-driver.rst | 17 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/kernel-api/writing-an-alsa-driver.rst b/Documentation/sound/kernel-api/writing-an-alsa-driver.rst index a368529e8ed3..e37d9dba320d 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/kernel-api/writing-an-alsa-driver.rst +++ b/Documentation/sound/kernel-api/writing-an-alsa-driver.rst @@ -1577,14 +1577,19 @@ are the contents of this file: unsigned int period_step; unsigned int sleep_min; /* min ticks to sleep */ snd_pcm_uframes_t start_threshold; - snd_pcm_uframes_t stop_threshold; - snd_pcm_uframes_t silence_threshold; /* Silence filling happens when - noise is nearest than this */ - snd_pcm_uframes_t silence_size; /* Silence filling size */ + /* + * The following two thresholds alleviate playback buffer underruns; when + * hw_avail drops below the threshold, the respective action is triggered: + */ + snd_pcm_uframes_t stop_threshold; /* - stop playback */ + snd_pcm_uframes_t silence_threshold; /* - pre-fill buffer with silence */ + snd_pcm_uframes_t silence_size; /* max size of silence pre-fill; when >= boundary, + * fill played area with silence immediately */ snd_pcm_uframes_t boundary; /* pointers wrap point */ - snd_pcm_uframes_t silenced_start; - snd_pcm_uframes_t silenced_size; + /* internal data of auto-silencer */ + snd_pcm_uframes_t silence_start; /* starting pointer to silence area */ + snd_pcm_uframes_t silence_filled; /* size filled with silence */ snd_pcm_sync_id_t sync; /* hardware synchronization ID */ |