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 81da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9b7ae6f31SDaniel Mackconfig SND_DMAENGINE_PCM 10*903eb318SDaniel Mack tristate 11b7ae6f31SDaniel Mack 121da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_HWDEP 131da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate 141da177e4SLinus Torvalds 151da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_RAWMIDI 161da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate 171da177e4SLinus Torvalds 185c845bebSTakashi Iwaiconfig SND_COMPRESS_OFFLOAD 195c845bebSTakashi Iwai tristate 205c845bebSTakashi Iwai 210d94e41aSMark Brown# To be effective this also requires INPUT - users should say: 220d94e41aSMark Brown# select SND_JACK if INPUT=y || INPUT=SND 230d94e41aSMark Brown# to avoid having to force INPUT on. 240d94e41aSMark Brownconfig SND_JACK 250d94e41aSMark Brown bool 260d94e41aSMark Brown 271da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_SEQUENCER 281da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sequencer support" 291da177e4SLinus Torvalds select SND_TIMER 301da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 311da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y or M to enable MIDI sequencer and router support. This 321da177e4SLinus Torvalds feature allows routing and enqueueing of MIDI events. Events 331da177e4SLinus Torvalds can be processed at a given time. 341da177e4SLinus Torvalds 351da177e4SLinus Torvalds Many programs require this feature, so you should enable it 361da177e4SLinus Torvalds unless you know what you're doing. 371da177e4SLinus Torvalds 381da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_SEQ_DUMMY 391da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sequencer dummy client" 401da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SND_SEQUENCER 411da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 421da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to enable the dummy sequencer client. This client 431da177e4SLinus Torvalds is a simple MIDI-through client: all normal input events are 441da177e4SLinus Torvalds redirected to the output port immediately. 451da177e4SLinus Torvalds 461da177e4SLinus Torvalds You don't need this unless you want to connect many MIDI 471da177e4SLinus Torvalds devices or applications together. 481da177e4SLinus Torvalds 491da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 501da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called snd-seq-dummy. 511da177e4SLinus Torvalds 521da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_OSSEMUL 53d886e87cSTejun Heo select SOUND_OSS_CORE 541da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 561da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_MIXER_OSS 571da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "OSS Mixer API" 581da177e4SLinus Torvalds select SND_OSSEMUL 591da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 601da177e4SLinus Torvalds To enable OSS mixer API emulation (/dev/mixer*), say Y here 611da177e4SLinus Torvalds and read <file:Documentation/sound/alsa/OSS-Emulation.txt>. 621da177e4SLinus Torvalds 631da177e4SLinus Torvalds Many programs still use the OSS API, so say Y. 641da177e4SLinus Torvalds 651da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 661da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called snd-mixer-oss. 671da177e4SLinus Torvalds 681da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_PCM_OSS 691da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "OSS PCM (digital audio) API" 701da177e4SLinus Torvalds select SND_OSSEMUL 711da177e4SLinus Torvalds select SND_PCM 721da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 731da177e4SLinus Torvalds To enable OSS digital audio (PCM) emulation (/dev/dsp*), say Y 741da177e4SLinus Torvalds here and read <file:Documentation/sound/alsa/OSS-Emulation.txt>. 751da177e4SLinus Torvalds 761da177e4SLinus Torvalds Many programs still use the OSS API, so say Y. 771da177e4SLinus Torvalds 781da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 791da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called snd-pcm-oss. 801da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8121a3479aSJaroslav Kyselaconfig SND_PCM_OSS_PLUGINS 8221a3479aSJaroslav Kysela bool "OSS PCM (digital audio) API - Include plugin system" 8321a3479aSJaroslav Kysela depends on SND_PCM_OSS 8421a3479aSJaroslav Kysela default y 8521a3479aSJaroslav Kysela help 8621a3479aSJaroslav Kysela If you disable this option, the ALSA's OSS PCM API will not 8721a3479aSJaroslav Kysela support conversion of channels, formats and rates. It will 8821a3479aSJaroslav Kysela behave like most of new OSS/Free drivers in 2.4/2.6 kernels. 8921a3479aSJaroslav Kysela 901da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_SEQUENCER_OSS 911da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "OSS Sequencer API" 9289fe5117STakashi Iwai depends on SND_SEQUENCER 931da177e4SLinus Torvalds select SND_OSSEMUL 941da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 951da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to enable OSS sequencer emulation (both 961da177e4SLinus Torvalds /dev/sequencer and /dev/music interfaces). 971da177e4SLinus Torvalds 981da177e4SLinus Torvalds Many programs still use the OSS API, so say Y. 991da177e4SLinus Torvalds 100c2f60c52SFrederik Deweerdt If you choose M in "Sequencer support" (SND_SEQUENCER), 101c2f60c52SFrederik Deweerdt this will be compiled as a module. The module will be called 102c2f60c52SFrederik Deweerdt snd-seq-oss. 1031da177e4SLinus Torvalds 104bbaf5e97STakashi Iwaiconfig SND_HRTIMER 105bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai tristate "HR-timer backend support" 106bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai depends on HIGH_RES_TIMERS 107bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai select SND_TIMER 108bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai help 109bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai Say Y here to enable HR-timer backend for ALSA timer. ALSA uses 110bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai the hrtimer as a precise timing source. The ALSA sequencer code 111bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai also can use this timing source. 112bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai 113bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 114bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai will be called snd-hrtimer. 115bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai 116bbaf5e97STakashi Iwaiconfig SND_SEQ_HRTIMER_DEFAULT 117bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai bool "Use HR-timer as default sequencer timer" 118bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai depends on SND_HRTIMER && SND_SEQUENCER 119bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai default y 120bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai help 121bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai Say Y here to use the HR-timer backend as the default sequencer 122bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai timer. 123bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai 1241da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_RTCTIMER 1251da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "RTC Timer support" 12689fe5117STakashi Iwai depends on RTC 1271da177e4SLinus Torvalds select SND_TIMER 1281da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1291da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to enable RTC timer support for ALSA. ALSA uses 1301da177e4SLinus Torvalds the RTC timer as a precise timing source and maps the RTC 1311da177e4SLinus Torvalds timer to ALSA's timer interface. The ALSA sequencer code also 1321da177e4SLinus Torvalds can use this timing source. 1331da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1341da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 1351da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called snd-rtctimer. 1361da177e4SLinus Torvalds 13752948b3fSTakashi Iwai Note that this option is exclusive with the new RTC drivers 13852948b3fSTakashi Iwai (CONFIG_RTC_CLASS) since this requires the old API. 13952948b3fSTakashi Iwai 140a4f508b2SClemens Ladischconfig SND_SEQ_RTCTIMER_DEFAULT 141a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch bool "Use RTC as default sequencer timer" 142a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch depends on SND_RTCTIMER && SND_SEQUENCER 143e78a37bcSTakashi Iwai depends on !SND_SEQ_HRTIMER_DEFAULT 144a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch default y 145a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch help 146a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch Say Y here to use the RTC timer as the default sequencer 147a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch timer. This is strongly recommended because it ensures 148a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch precise MIDI timing even when the system timer runs at less 149a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch than 1000 Hz. 150a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch 151a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch If in doubt, say Y. 152a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch 153332682b1SClemens Ladischconfig SND_DYNAMIC_MINORS 154b10e5391SClemens Ladisch bool "Dynamic device file minor numbers" 155332682b1SClemens Ladisch help 156332682b1SClemens Ladisch If you say Y here, the minor numbers of ALSA device files in 157332682b1SClemens Ladisch /dev/snd/ are allocated dynamically. This allows you to have 158332682b1SClemens Ladisch more than 8 sound cards, but requires a dynamic device file 159332682b1SClemens Ladisch system like udev. 160332682b1SClemens Ladisch 161332682b1SClemens Ladisch If you are unsure about this, say N here. 162332682b1SClemens Ladisch 1637bb2491bSTakashi Iwaiconfig SND_MAX_CARDS 1647bb2491bSTakashi Iwai int "Max number of sound cards" 1657bb2491bSTakashi Iwai range 4 256 1667bb2491bSTakashi Iwai default 32 1677bb2491bSTakashi Iwai depends on SND_DYNAMIC_MINORS 1687bb2491bSTakashi Iwai help 1697bb2491bSTakashi Iwai Specify the max number of sound cards that can be assigned 1707bb2491bSTakashi Iwai on a single machine. 1717bb2491bSTakashi Iwai 17259d48582STakashi Iwaiconfig SND_SUPPORT_OLD_API 17359d48582STakashi Iwai bool "Support old ALSA API" 17459d48582STakashi Iwai default y 17559d48582STakashi Iwai help 17659d48582STakashi Iwai Say Y here to support the obsolete ALSA PCM API (ver.0.9.0 rc3 17759d48582STakashi Iwai or older). 17859d48582STakashi Iwai 17921a3479aSJaroslav Kyselaconfig SND_VERBOSE_PROCFS 18021a3479aSJaroslav Kysela bool "Verbose procfs contents" 18189fe5117STakashi Iwai depends on PROC_FS 18221a3479aSJaroslav Kysela default y 18321a3479aSJaroslav Kysela help 18421a3479aSJaroslav Kysela Say Y here to include code for verbose procfs contents (provides 185a982ac06SMatt LaPlante useful information to developers when a problem occurs). On the 18621a3479aSJaroslav Kysela other side, it makes the ALSA subsystem larger. 18721a3479aSJaroslav Kysela 1881da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_VERBOSE_PRINTK 1891da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Verbose printk" 1901da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1911da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to enable verbose log messages. These messages 1921da177e4SLinus Torvalds will help to identify source file and position containing 1931da177e4SLinus Torvalds printed messages. 1941da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1951da177e4SLinus Torvalds You don't need this unless you're debugging ALSA. 1961da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1971da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_DEBUG 1981da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Debug" 1991da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2001da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to enable ALSA debug code. 2011da177e4SLinus Torvalds 20262cf872aSTakashi Iwaiconfig SND_DEBUG_VERBOSE 20362cf872aSTakashi Iwai bool "More verbose debug" 2041da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SND_DEBUG 2051da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 20662cf872aSTakashi Iwai Say Y here to enable extra-verbose debugging messages. 20762cf872aSTakashi Iwai 20862cf872aSTakashi Iwai Let me repeat: it enables EXTRA-VERBOSE DEBUGGING messages. 20962cf872aSTakashi Iwai So, say Y only if you are ready to be annoyed. 21061fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela 21161fb63c0SJaroslav Kyselaconfig SND_PCM_XRUN_DEBUG 21261fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela bool "Enable PCM ring buffer overrun/underrun debugging" 21361fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela default n 214b7d90a35STakashi Iwai depends on SND_DEBUG && SND_VERBOSE_PROCFS 21561fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela help 21661fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela Say Y to enable the PCM ring buffer overrun/underrun debugging. 21761fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela It is usually not required, but if you have trouble with 21861fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela sound clicking when system is loaded, it may help to determine 21961fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela the process or driver which causes the scheduling gaps. 220e922b002STakashi Iwai 221e922b002STakashi Iwaiconfig SND_VMASTER 222e922b002STakashi Iwai bool 2230528c749SMichal Marek 22435be544aSTakashi Iwaiconfig SND_KCTL_JACK 22535be544aSTakashi Iwai bool 22635be544aSTakashi Iwai 227cc6a8acdSTakashi Iwaiconfig SND_DMA_SGBUF 228cc6a8acdSTakashi Iwai def_bool y 229cc6a8acdSTakashi Iwai depends on X86 230cc6a8acdSTakashi Iwai 2310528c749SMichal Mareksource "sound/core/seq/Kconfig" 232