11da177e4SLinus Torvalds# ALSA soundcard-configuration 21da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_TIMER 31da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate 41da177e4SLinus Torvalds 51da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_PCM 61da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate 71da177e4SLinus Torvalds select SND_TIMER 8a9605391SFlorian Fainelli select GCD 91da177e4SLinus Torvalds 101da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_HWDEP 111da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate 121da177e4SLinus Torvalds 131da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_RAWMIDI 141da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate 151da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16*5c845bebSTakashi Iwaiconfig SND_COMPRESS_OFFLOAD 17*5c845bebSTakashi Iwai tristate 18*5c845bebSTakashi Iwai 190d94e41aSMark Brown# To be effective this also requires INPUT - users should say: 200d94e41aSMark Brown# select SND_JACK if INPUT=y || INPUT=SND 210d94e41aSMark Brown# to avoid having to force INPUT on. 220d94e41aSMark Brownconfig SND_JACK 230d94e41aSMark Brown bool 240d94e41aSMark Brown 251da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_SEQUENCER 261da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sequencer support" 271da177e4SLinus Torvalds select SND_TIMER 281da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 291da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y or M to enable MIDI sequencer and router support. This 301da177e4SLinus Torvalds feature allows routing and enqueueing of MIDI events. Events 311da177e4SLinus Torvalds can be processed at a given time. 321da177e4SLinus Torvalds 331da177e4SLinus Torvalds Many programs require this feature, so you should enable it 341da177e4SLinus Torvalds unless you know what you're doing. 351da177e4SLinus Torvalds 361da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_SEQ_DUMMY 371da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sequencer dummy client" 381da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SND_SEQUENCER 391da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 401da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to enable the dummy sequencer client. This client 411da177e4SLinus Torvalds is a simple MIDI-through client: all normal input events are 421da177e4SLinus Torvalds redirected to the output port immediately. 431da177e4SLinus Torvalds 441da177e4SLinus Torvalds You don't need this unless you want to connect many MIDI 451da177e4SLinus Torvalds devices or applications together. 461da177e4SLinus Torvalds 471da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 481da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called snd-seq-dummy. 491da177e4SLinus Torvalds 501da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_OSSEMUL 51d886e87cSTejun Heo select SOUND_OSS_CORE 521da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 531da177e4SLinus Torvalds 541da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_MIXER_OSS 551da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "OSS Mixer API" 561da177e4SLinus Torvalds select SND_OSSEMUL 571da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 581da177e4SLinus Torvalds To enable OSS mixer API emulation (/dev/mixer*), say Y here 591da177e4SLinus Torvalds and read <file:Documentation/sound/alsa/OSS-Emulation.txt>. 601da177e4SLinus Torvalds 611da177e4SLinus Torvalds Many programs still use the OSS API, so say Y. 621da177e4SLinus Torvalds 631da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 641da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called snd-mixer-oss. 651da177e4SLinus Torvalds 661da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_PCM_OSS 671da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "OSS PCM (digital audio) API" 681da177e4SLinus Torvalds select SND_OSSEMUL 691da177e4SLinus Torvalds select SND_PCM 701da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 711da177e4SLinus Torvalds To enable OSS digital audio (PCM) emulation (/dev/dsp*), say Y 721da177e4SLinus Torvalds here and read <file:Documentation/sound/alsa/OSS-Emulation.txt>. 731da177e4SLinus Torvalds 741da177e4SLinus Torvalds Many programs still use the OSS API, so say Y. 751da177e4SLinus Torvalds 761da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 771da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called snd-pcm-oss. 781da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7921a3479aSJaroslav Kyselaconfig SND_PCM_OSS_PLUGINS 8021a3479aSJaroslav Kysela bool "OSS PCM (digital audio) API - Include plugin system" 8121a3479aSJaroslav Kysela depends on SND_PCM_OSS 8221a3479aSJaroslav Kysela default y 8321a3479aSJaroslav Kysela help 8421a3479aSJaroslav Kysela If you disable this option, the ALSA's OSS PCM API will not 8521a3479aSJaroslav Kysela support conversion of channels, formats and rates. It will 8621a3479aSJaroslav Kysela behave like most of new OSS/Free drivers in 2.4/2.6 kernels. 8721a3479aSJaroslav Kysela 881da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_SEQUENCER_OSS 891da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "OSS Sequencer API" 9089fe5117STakashi Iwai depends on SND_SEQUENCER 911da177e4SLinus Torvalds select SND_OSSEMUL 921da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 931da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to enable OSS sequencer emulation (both 941da177e4SLinus Torvalds /dev/sequencer and /dev/music interfaces). 951da177e4SLinus Torvalds 961da177e4SLinus Torvalds Many programs still use the OSS API, so say Y. 971da177e4SLinus Torvalds 98c2f60c52SFrederik Deweerdt If you choose M in "Sequencer support" (SND_SEQUENCER), 99c2f60c52SFrederik Deweerdt this will be compiled as a module. The module will be called 100c2f60c52SFrederik Deweerdt snd-seq-oss. 1011da177e4SLinus Torvalds 102bbaf5e97STakashi Iwaiconfig SND_HRTIMER 103bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai tristate "HR-timer backend support" 104bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai depends on HIGH_RES_TIMERS 105bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai select SND_TIMER 106bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai help 107bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai Say Y here to enable HR-timer backend for ALSA timer. ALSA uses 108bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai the hrtimer as a precise timing source. The ALSA sequencer code 109bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai also can use this timing source. 110bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai 111bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 112bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai will be called snd-hrtimer. 113bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai 114bbaf5e97STakashi Iwaiconfig SND_SEQ_HRTIMER_DEFAULT 115bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai bool "Use HR-timer as default sequencer timer" 116bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai depends on SND_HRTIMER && SND_SEQUENCER 117bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai default y 118bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai help 119bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai Say Y here to use the HR-timer backend as the default sequencer 120bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai timer. 121bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai 1221da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_RTCTIMER 1231da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "RTC Timer support" 12489fe5117STakashi Iwai depends on RTC 1251da177e4SLinus Torvalds select SND_TIMER 1261da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1271da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to enable RTC timer support for ALSA. ALSA uses 1281da177e4SLinus Torvalds the RTC timer as a precise timing source and maps the RTC 1291da177e4SLinus Torvalds timer to ALSA's timer interface. The ALSA sequencer code also 1301da177e4SLinus Torvalds can use this timing source. 1311da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1321da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 1331da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called snd-rtctimer. 1341da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13552948b3fSTakashi Iwai Note that this option is exclusive with the new RTC drivers 13652948b3fSTakashi Iwai (CONFIG_RTC_CLASS) since this requires the old API. 13752948b3fSTakashi Iwai 138a4f508b2SClemens Ladischconfig SND_SEQ_RTCTIMER_DEFAULT 139a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch bool "Use RTC as default sequencer timer" 140a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch depends on SND_RTCTIMER && SND_SEQUENCER 141e78a37bcSTakashi Iwai depends on !SND_SEQ_HRTIMER_DEFAULT 142a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch default y 143a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch help 144a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch Say Y here to use the RTC timer as the default sequencer 145a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch timer. This is strongly recommended because it ensures 146a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch precise MIDI timing even when the system timer runs at less 147a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch than 1000 Hz. 148a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch 149a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch If in doubt, say Y. 150a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch 151332682b1SClemens Ladischconfig SND_DYNAMIC_MINORS 152b10e5391SClemens Ladisch bool "Dynamic device file minor numbers" 153332682b1SClemens Ladisch help 154332682b1SClemens Ladisch If you say Y here, the minor numbers of ALSA device files in 155332682b1SClemens Ladisch /dev/snd/ are allocated dynamically. This allows you to have 156332682b1SClemens Ladisch more than 8 sound cards, but requires a dynamic device file 157332682b1SClemens Ladisch system like udev. 158332682b1SClemens Ladisch 159332682b1SClemens Ladisch If you are unsure about this, say N here. 160332682b1SClemens Ladisch 16159d48582STakashi Iwaiconfig SND_SUPPORT_OLD_API 16259d48582STakashi Iwai bool "Support old ALSA API" 16359d48582STakashi Iwai default y 16459d48582STakashi Iwai help 16559d48582STakashi Iwai Say Y here to support the obsolete ALSA PCM API (ver.0.9.0 rc3 16659d48582STakashi Iwai or older). 16759d48582STakashi Iwai 16821a3479aSJaroslav Kyselaconfig SND_VERBOSE_PROCFS 16921a3479aSJaroslav Kysela bool "Verbose procfs contents" 17089fe5117STakashi Iwai depends on PROC_FS 17121a3479aSJaroslav Kysela default y 17221a3479aSJaroslav Kysela help 17321a3479aSJaroslav Kysela Say Y here to include code for verbose procfs contents (provides 174a982ac06SMatt LaPlante useful information to developers when a problem occurs). On the 17521a3479aSJaroslav Kysela other side, it makes the ALSA subsystem larger. 17621a3479aSJaroslav Kysela 1771da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_VERBOSE_PRINTK 1781da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Verbose printk" 1791da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1801da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to enable verbose log messages. These messages 1811da177e4SLinus Torvalds will help to identify source file and position containing 1821da177e4SLinus Torvalds printed messages. 1831da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1841da177e4SLinus Torvalds You don't need this unless you're debugging ALSA. 1851da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1861da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_DEBUG 1871da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Debug" 1881da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1891da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to enable ALSA debug code. 1901da177e4SLinus Torvalds 19162cf872aSTakashi Iwaiconfig SND_DEBUG_VERBOSE 19262cf872aSTakashi Iwai bool "More verbose debug" 1931da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SND_DEBUG 1941da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 19562cf872aSTakashi Iwai Say Y here to enable extra-verbose debugging messages. 19662cf872aSTakashi Iwai 19762cf872aSTakashi Iwai Let me repeat: it enables EXTRA-VERBOSE DEBUGGING messages. 19862cf872aSTakashi Iwai So, say Y only if you are ready to be annoyed. 19961fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela 20061fb63c0SJaroslav Kyselaconfig SND_PCM_XRUN_DEBUG 20161fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela bool "Enable PCM ring buffer overrun/underrun debugging" 20261fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela default n 203b7d90a35STakashi Iwai depends on SND_DEBUG && SND_VERBOSE_PROCFS 20461fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela help 20561fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela Say Y to enable the PCM ring buffer overrun/underrun debugging. 20661fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela It is usually not required, but if you have trouble with 20761fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela sound clicking when system is loaded, it may help to determine 20861fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela the process or driver which causes the scheduling gaps. 209e922b002STakashi Iwai 210e922b002STakashi Iwaiconfig SND_VMASTER 211e922b002STakashi Iwai bool 2120528c749SMichal Marek 21335be544aSTakashi Iwaiconfig SND_KCTL_JACK 21435be544aSTakashi Iwai bool 21535be544aSTakashi Iwai 216cc6a8acdSTakashi Iwaiconfig SND_DMA_SGBUF 217cc6a8acdSTakashi Iwai def_bool y 218cc6a8acdSTakashi Iwai depends on X86 219cc6a8acdSTakashi Iwai 2200528c749SMichal Mareksource "sound/core/seq/Kconfig" 221