11da177e4SLinus Torvalds# ALSA soundcard-configuration 21da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_TIMER 31da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate 41da177e4SLinus Torvalds 51da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_PCM 61da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate 790bbaf66SJie Yang select SND_TIMER if SND_PCM_TIMER 81da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9838d1631SRussell Kingconfig SND_PCM_ELD 10838d1631SRussell King bool 11838d1631SRussell King 129203dd01SRussell Kingconfig SND_PCM_IEC958 139203dd01SRussell King bool 149203dd01SRussell King 15b7ae6f31SDaniel Mackconfig SND_DMAENGINE_PCM 16903eb318SDaniel Mack tristate 17b7ae6f31SDaniel Mack 181da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_HWDEP 191da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate 201da177e4SLinus Torvalds 21111b0cdbSTakashi Iwaiconfig SND_SEQ_DEVICE 22111b0cdbSTakashi Iwai tristate 23111b0cdbSTakashi Iwai 241da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_RAWMIDI 251da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate 26111b0cdbSTakashi Iwai select SND_SEQ_DEVICE if SND_SEQUENCER != n 271da177e4SLinus Torvalds 285c845bebSTakashi Iwaiconfig SND_COMPRESS_OFFLOAD 295c845bebSTakashi Iwai tristate 305c845bebSTakashi Iwai 310d94e41aSMark Brownconfig SND_JACK 320d94e41aSMark Brown bool 330d94e41aSMark Brown 34fe0d128cSTakashi Iwai# enable input device support in jack layer 35fe0d128cSTakashi Iwaiconfig SND_JACK_INPUT_DEV 36fe0d128cSTakashi Iwai bool 37fe0d128cSTakashi Iwai depends on SND_JACK 38fe0d128cSTakashi Iwai default y if INPUT=y || INPUT=SND 39fe0d128cSTakashi Iwai 401da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_OSSEMUL 41eb3b705aSTakashi Iwai bool "Enable OSS Emulation" 42d886e87cSTejun Heo select SOUND_OSS_CORE 43eb3b705aSTakashi Iwai help 44eb3b705aSTakashi Iwai This option enables the build of OSS emulation layer. 451da177e4SLinus Torvalds 461da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_MIXER_OSS 471da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "OSS Mixer API" 48eb3b705aSTakashi Iwai depends on SND_OSSEMUL 491da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 501da177e4SLinus Torvalds To enable OSS mixer API emulation (/dev/mixer*), say Y here 51*5fb94e9cSMauro Carvalho Chehab and read <file:Documentation/sound/designs/oss-emulation.rst>. 521da177e4SLinus Torvalds 531da177e4SLinus Torvalds Many programs still use the OSS API, so say Y. 541da177e4SLinus Torvalds 551da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 561da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called snd-mixer-oss. 571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 581da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_PCM_OSS 591da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "OSS PCM (digital audio) API" 60eb3b705aSTakashi Iwai depends on SND_OSSEMUL 611da177e4SLinus Torvalds select SND_PCM 621da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 631da177e4SLinus Torvalds To enable OSS digital audio (PCM) emulation (/dev/dsp*), say Y 64*5fb94e9cSMauro Carvalho Chehab here and read <file:Documentation/sound/designs/oss-emulation.rst>. 651da177e4SLinus Torvalds 661da177e4SLinus Torvalds Many programs still use the OSS API, so say Y. 671da177e4SLinus Torvalds 681da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 691da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called snd-pcm-oss. 701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7121a3479aSJaroslav Kyselaconfig SND_PCM_OSS_PLUGINS 7221a3479aSJaroslav Kysela bool "OSS PCM (digital audio) API - Include plugin system" 7321a3479aSJaroslav Kysela depends on SND_PCM_OSS 7421a3479aSJaroslav Kysela default y 7521a3479aSJaroslav Kysela help 7621a3479aSJaroslav Kysela If you disable this option, the ALSA's OSS PCM API will not 7721a3479aSJaroslav Kysela support conversion of channels, formats and rates. It will 7821a3479aSJaroslav Kysela behave like most of new OSS/Free drivers in 2.4/2.6 kernels. 7921a3479aSJaroslav Kysela 8090bbaf66SJie Yangconfig SND_PCM_TIMER 8190bbaf66SJie Yang bool "PCM timer interface" if EXPERT 8290bbaf66SJie Yang default y 8390bbaf66SJie Yang help 84ac1efcfbSRandy Dunlap If you disable this option, pcm timer will be unavailable, so 85ac1efcfbSRandy Dunlap those stubs that use pcm timer (e.g. dmix, dsnoop & co) may work 8690bbaf66SJie Yang incorrectlly. 8790bbaf66SJie Yang 88ac1efcfbSRandy Dunlap For some embedded devices, we may disable it to reduce memory 8990bbaf66SJie Yang footprint, about 20KB on x86_64 platform. 9090bbaf66SJie Yang 91bbaf5e97STakashi Iwaiconfig SND_HRTIMER 92bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai tristate "HR-timer backend support" 93bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai depends on HIGH_RES_TIMERS 94bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai select SND_TIMER 95bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai help 96bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai Say Y here to enable HR-timer backend for ALSA timer. ALSA uses 97bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai the hrtimer as a precise timing source. The ALSA sequencer code 98bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai also can use this timing source. 99bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai 100bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 101bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai will be called snd-hrtimer. 102bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai 103332682b1SClemens Ladischconfig SND_DYNAMIC_MINORS 104b10e5391SClemens Ladisch bool "Dynamic device file minor numbers" 105332682b1SClemens Ladisch help 106332682b1SClemens Ladisch If you say Y here, the minor numbers of ALSA device files in 107332682b1SClemens Ladisch /dev/snd/ are allocated dynamically. This allows you to have 108332682b1SClemens Ladisch more than 8 sound cards, but requires a dynamic device file 109332682b1SClemens Ladisch system like udev. 110332682b1SClemens Ladisch 111332682b1SClemens Ladisch If you are unsure about this, say N here. 112332682b1SClemens Ladisch 1137bb2491bSTakashi Iwaiconfig SND_MAX_CARDS 1147bb2491bSTakashi Iwai int "Max number of sound cards" 1157bb2491bSTakashi Iwai range 4 256 1167bb2491bSTakashi Iwai default 32 1177bb2491bSTakashi Iwai depends on SND_DYNAMIC_MINORS 1187bb2491bSTakashi Iwai help 1197bb2491bSTakashi Iwai Specify the max number of sound cards that can be assigned 1207bb2491bSTakashi Iwai on a single machine. 1217bb2491bSTakashi Iwai 12259d48582STakashi Iwaiconfig SND_SUPPORT_OLD_API 12359d48582STakashi Iwai bool "Support old ALSA API" 12459d48582STakashi Iwai default y 12559d48582STakashi Iwai help 12659d48582STakashi Iwai Say Y here to support the obsolete ALSA PCM API (ver.0.9.0 rc3 12759d48582STakashi Iwai or older). 12859d48582STakashi Iwai 129e0ecb05aSJie Yangconfig SND_PROC_FS 130e0ecb05aSJie Yang bool "Sound Proc FS Support" if EXPERT 131e0ecb05aSJie Yang depends on PROC_FS 132e0ecb05aSJie Yang default y 133e0ecb05aSJie Yang help 134e0ecb05aSJie Yang Say 'N' to disable Sound proc FS, which may reduce code size about 135e0ecb05aSJie Yang 9KB on x86_64 platform. 136e0ecb05aSJie Yang If unsure say Y. 137e0ecb05aSJie Yang 13821a3479aSJaroslav Kyselaconfig SND_VERBOSE_PROCFS 13921a3479aSJaroslav Kysela bool "Verbose procfs contents" 140e0ecb05aSJie Yang depends on SND_PROC_FS 14121a3479aSJaroslav Kysela default y 14221a3479aSJaroslav Kysela help 14321a3479aSJaroslav Kysela Say Y here to include code for verbose procfs contents (provides 144a982ac06SMatt LaPlante useful information to developers when a problem occurs). On the 14521a3479aSJaroslav Kysela other side, it makes the ALSA subsystem larger. 14621a3479aSJaroslav Kysela 1471da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_VERBOSE_PRINTK 1481da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Verbose printk" 1491da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1501da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to enable verbose log messages. These messages 1511da177e4SLinus Torvalds will help to identify source file and position containing 1521da177e4SLinus Torvalds printed messages. 1531da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1541da177e4SLinus Torvalds You don't need this unless you're debugging ALSA. 1551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1561da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_DEBUG 1571da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Debug" 1581da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1591da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to enable ALSA debug code. 1601da177e4SLinus Torvalds 16162cf872aSTakashi Iwaiconfig SND_DEBUG_VERBOSE 16262cf872aSTakashi Iwai bool "More verbose debug" 1631da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SND_DEBUG 1641da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 16562cf872aSTakashi Iwai Say Y here to enable extra-verbose debugging messages. 16662cf872aSTakashi Iwai 16762cf872aSTakashi Iwai Let me repeat: it enables EXTRA-VERBOSE DEBUGGING messages. 16862cf872aSTakashi Iwai So, say Y only if you are ready to be annoyed. 16961fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela 17061fb63c0SJaroslav Kyselaconfig SND_PCM_XRUN_DEBUG 17161fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela bool "Enable PCM ring buffer overrun/underrun debugging" 17261fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela default n 173b7d90a35STakashi Iwai depends on SND_DEBUG && SND_VERBOSE_PROCFS 17461fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela help 17561fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela Say Y to enable the PCM ring buffer overrun/underrun debugging. 17661fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela It is usually not required, but if you have trouble with 17761fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela sound clicking when system is loaded, it may help to determine 17861fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela the process or driver which causes the scheduling gaps. 179e922b002STakashi Iwai 180e922b002STakashi Iwaiconfig SND_VMASTER 181e922b002STakashi Iwai bool 1820528c749SMichal Marek 183cc6a8acdSTakashi Iwaiconfig SND_DMA_SGBUF 184cc6a8acdSTakashi Iwai def_bool y 185cc6a8acdSTakashi Iwai depends on X86 186cc6a8acdSTakashi Iwai 1870528c749SMichal Mareksource "sound/core/seq/Kconfig" 188