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Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi/sound/asound.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/sound/asound.h | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/sound/asound.h b/include/uapi/sound/asound.h index 7eecc99ddef7..0aa955aa8246 100644 --- a/include/uapi/sound/asound.h +++ b/include/uapi/sound/asound.h @@ -429,9 +429,14 @@ struct snd_pcm_sw_params { snd_pcm_uframes_t avail_min; /* min avail frames for wakeup */ snd_pcm_uframes_t xfer_align; /* obsolete: xfer size need to be a multiple */ snd_pcm_uframes_t start_threshold; /* min hw_avail frames for automatic start */ - snd_pcm_uframes_t stop_threshold; /* min avail frames for automatic stop */ - snd_pcm_uframes_t silence_threshold; /* min distance from noise for silence filling */ - snd_pcm_uframes_t silence_size; /* silence block 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 */ unsigned int proto; /* protocol version */ unsigned int tstamp_type; /* timestamp type (req. proto >= 2.0.12) */ |