11da177e4SLinus Torvalds# ALSA soundcard-configuration 21da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_TIMER 31da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate 41da177e4SLinus Torvalds 51da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_PCM 61da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate 7*90bbaf66SJie 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 211da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_RAWMIDI 221da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate 231da177e4SLinus Torvalds 245c845bebSTakashi Iwaiconfig SND_COMPRESS_OFFLOAD 255c845bebSTakashi Iwai tristate 265c845bebSTakashi Iwai 270d94e41aSMark Brown# To be effective this also requires INPUT - users should say: 280d94e41aSMark Brown# select SND_JACK if INPUT=y || INPUT=SND 290d94e41aSMark Brown# to avoid having to force INPUT on. 300d94e41aSMark Brownconfig SND_JACK 310d94e41aSMark Brown bool 320d94e41aSMark Brown 331da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_SEQUENCER 341da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sequencer support" 351da177e4SLinus Torvalds select SND_TIMER 361da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 371da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y or M to enable MIDI sequencer and router support. This 381da177e4SLinus Torvalds feature allows routing and enqueueing of MIDI events. Events 391da177e4SLinus Torvalds can be processed at a given time. 401da177e4SLinus Torvalds 411da177e4SLinus Torvalds Many programs require this feature, so you should enable it 421da177e4SLinus Torvalds unless you know what you're doing. 431da177e4SLinus Torvalds 441da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_SEQ_DUMMY 451da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sequencer dummy client" 461da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SND_SEQUENCER 471da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 481da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to enable the dummy sequencer client. This client 491da177e4SLinus Torvalds is a simple MIDI-through client: all normal input events are 501da177e4SLinus Torvalds redirected to the output port immediately. 511da177e4SLinus Torvalds 521da177e4SLinus Torvalds You don't need this unless you want to connect many MIDI 531da177e4SLinus Torvalds devices or applications together. 541da177e4SLinus Torvalds 551da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 561da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called snd-seq-dummy. 571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 581da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_OSSEMUL 59d886e87cSTejun Heo select SOUND_OSS_CORE 601da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 611da177e4SLinus Torvalds 621da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_MIXER_OSS 631da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "OSS Mixer API" 641da177e4SLinus Torvalds select SND_OSSEMUL 651da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 661da177e4SLinus Torvalds To enable OSS mixer API emulation (/dev/mixer*), say Y here 671da177e4SLinus Torvalds and read <file:Documentation/sound/alsa/OSS-Emulation.txt>. 681da177e4SLinus Torvalds 691da177e4SLinus Torvalds Many programs still use the OSS API, so say Y. 701da177e4SLinus Torvalds 711da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 721da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called snd-mixer-oss. 731da177e4SLinus Torvalds 741da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_PCM_OSS 751da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "OSS PCM (digital audio) API" 761da177e4SLinus Torvalds select SND_OSSEMUL 771da177e4SLinus Torvalds select SND_PCM 781da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 791da177e4SLinus Torvalds To enable OSS digital audio (PCM) emulation (/dev/dsp*), say Y 801da177e4SLinus Torvalds here and read <file:Documentation/sound/alsa/OSS-Emulation.txt>. 811da177e4SLinus Torvalds 821da177e4SLinus Torvalds Many programs still use the OSS API, so say Y. 831da177e4SLinus Torvalds 841da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 851da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called snd-pcm-oss. 861da177e4SLinus Torvalds 8721a3479aSJaroslav Kyselaconfig SND_PCM_OSS_PLUGINS 8821a3479aSJaroslav Kysela bool "OSS PCM (digital audio) API - Include plugin system" 8921a3479aSJaroslav Kysela depends on SND_PCM_OSS 9021a3479aSJaroslav Kysela default y 9121a3479aSJaroslav Kysela help 9221a3479aSJaroslav Kysela If you disable this option, the ALSA's OSS PCM API will not 9321a3479aSJaroslav Kysela support conversion of channels, formats and rates. It will 9421a3479aSJaroslav Kysela behave like most of new OSS/Free drivers in 2.4/2.6 kernels. 9521a3479aSJaroslav Kysela 96*90bbaf66SJie Yangconfig SND_PCM_TIMER 97*90bbaf66SJie Yang bool "PCM timer interface" if EXPERT 98*90bbaf66SJie Yang default y 99*90bbaf66SJie Yang help 100*90bbaf66SJie Yang If you disable this option, pcm timer will be inavailable, so 101*90bbaf66SJie Yang those stubs used pcm timer (e.g. dmix, dsnoop & co) may work 102*90bbaf66SJie Yang incorrectlly. 103*90bbaf66SJie Yang 104*90bbaf66SJie Yang For some embedded device, we may disable it to reduce memory 105*90bbaf66SJie Yang footprint, about 20KB on x86_64 platform. 106*90bbaf66SJie Yang 1071da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_SEQUENCER_OSS 1081da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "OSS Sequencer API" 10989fe5117STakashi Iwai depends on SND_SEQUENCER 1101da177e4SLinus Torvalds select SND_OSSEMUL 1111da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1121da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to enable OSS sequencer emulation (both 1131da177e4SLinus Torvalds /dev/sequencer and /dev/music interfaces). 1141da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1151da177e4SLinus Torvalds Many programs still use the OSS API, so say Y. 1161da177e4SLinus Torvalds 117c2f60c52SFrederik Deweerdt If you choose M in "Sequencer support" (SND_SEQUENCER), 118c2f60c52SFrederik Deweerdt this will be compiled as a module. The module will be called 119c2f60c52SFrederik Deweerdt snd-seq-oss. 1201da177e4SLinus Torvalds 121bbaf5e97STakashi Iwaiconfig SND_HRTIMER 122bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai tristate "HR-timer backend support" 123bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai depends on HIGH_RES_TIMERS 124bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai select SND_TIMER 125bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai help 126bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai Say Y here to enable HR-timer backend for ALSA timer. ALSA uses 127bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai the hrtimer as a precise timing source. The ALSA sequencer code 128bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai also can use this timing source. 129bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai 130bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 131bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai will be called snd-hrtimer. 132bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai 133bbaf5e97STakashi Iwaiconfig SND_SEQ_HRTIMER_DEFAULT 134bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai bool "Use HR-timer as default sequencer timer" 135bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai depends on SND_HRTIMER && SND_SEQUENCER 136bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai default y 137bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai help 138bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai Say Y here to use the HR-timer backend as the default sequencer 139bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai timer. 140bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai 1411da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_RTCTIMER 1421da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "RTC Timer support" 14389fe5117STakashi Iwai depends on RTC 1441da177e4SLinus Torvalds select SND_TIMER 1451da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1461da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to enable RTC timer support for ALSA. ALSA uses 1471da177e4SLinus Torvalds the RTC timer as a precise timing source and maps the RTC 1481da177e4SLinus Torvalds timer to ALSA's timer interface. The ALSA sequencer code also 1491da177e4SLinus Torvalds can use this timing source. 1501da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1511da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 1521da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called snd-rtctimer. 1531da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15452948b3fSTakashi Iwai Note that this option is exclusive with the new RTC drivers 15552948b3fSTakashi Iwai (CONFIG_RTC_CLASS) since this requires the old API. 15652948b3fSTakashi Iwai 157a4f508b2SClemens Ladischconfig SND_SEQ_RTCTIMER_DEFAULT 158a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch bool "Use RTC as default sequencer timer" 159a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch depends on SND_RTCTIMER && SND_SEQUENCER 160e78a37bcSTakashi Iwai depends on !SND_SEQ_HRTIMER_DEFAULT 161a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch default y 162a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch help 163a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch Say Y here to use the RTC timer as the default sequencer 164a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch timer. This is strongly recommended because it ensures 165a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch precise MIDI timing even when the system timer runs at less 166a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch than 1000 Hz. 167a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch 168a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch If in doubt, say Y. 169a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch 170332682b1SClemens Ladischconfig SND_DYNAMIC_MINORS 171b10e5391SClemens Ladisch bool "Dynamic device file minor numbers" 172332682b1SClemens Ladisch help 173332682b1SClemens Ladisch If you say Y here, the minor numbers of ALSA device files in 174332682b1SClemens Ladisch /dev/snd/ are allocated dynamically. This allows you to have 175332682b1SClemens Ladisch more than 8 sound cards, but requires a dynamic device file 176332682b1SClemens Ladisch system like udev. 177332682b1SClemens Ladisch 178332682b1SClemens Ladisch If you are unsure about this, say N here. 179332682b1SClemens Ladisch 1807bb2491bSTakashi Iwaiconfig SND_MAX_CARDS 1817bb2491bSTakashi Iwai int "Max number of sound cards" 1827bb2491bSTakashi Iwai range 4 256 1837bb2491bSTakashi Iwai default 32 1847bb2491bSTakashi Iwai depends on SND_DYNAMIC_MINORS 1857bb2491bSTakashi Iwai help 1867bb2491bSTakashi Iwai Specify the max number of sound cards that can be assigned 1877bb2491bSTakashi Iwai on a single machine. 1887bb2491bSTakashi Iwai 18959d48582STakashi Iwaiconfig SND_SUPPORT_OLD_API 19059d48582STakashi Iwai bool "Support old ALSA API" 19159d48582STakashi Iwai default y 19259d48582STakashi Iwai help 19359d48582STakashi Iwai Say Y here to support the obsolete ALSA PCM API (ver.0.9.0 rc3 19459d48582STakashi Iwai or older). 19559d48582STakashi Iwai 196e0ecb05aSJie Yangconfig SND_PROC_FS 197e0ecb05aSJie Yang bool "Sound Proc FS Support" if EXPERT 198e0ecb05aSJie Yang depends on PROC_FS 199e0ecb05aSJie Yang default y 200e0ecb05aSJie Yang help 201e0ecb05aSJie Yang Say 'N' to disable Sound proc FS, which may reduce code size about 202e0ecb05aSJie Yang 9KB on x86_64 platform. 203e0ecb05aSJie Yang If unsure say Y. 204e0ecb05aSJie Yang 20521a3479aSJaroslav Kyselaconfig SND_VERBOSE_PROCFS 20621a3479aSJaroslav Kysela bool "Verbose procfs contents" 207e0ecb05aSJie Yang depends on SND_PROC_FS 20821a3479aSJaroslav Kysela default y 20921a3479aSJaroslav Kysela help 21021a3479aSJaroslav Kysela Say Y here to include code for verbose procfs contents (provides 211a982ac06SMatt LaPlante useful information to developers when a problem occurs). On the 21221a3479aSJaroslav Kysela other side, it makes the ALSA subsystem larger. 21321a3479aSJaroslav Kysela 2141da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_VERBOSE_PRINTK 2151da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Verbose printk" 2161da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2171da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to enable verbose log messages. These messages 2181da177e4SLinus Torvalds will help to identify source file and position containing 2191da177e4SLinus Torvalds printed messages. 2201da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2211da177e4SLinus Torvalds You don't need this unless you're debugging ALSA. 2221da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2231da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_DEBUG 2241da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Debug" 2251da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2261da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to enable ALSA debug code. 2271da177e4SLinus Torvalds 22862cf872aSTakashi Iwaiconfig SND_DEBUG_VERBOSE 22962cf872aSTakashi Iwai bool "More verbose debug" 2301da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SND_DEBUG 2311da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 23262cf872aSTakashi Iwai Say Y here to enable extra-verbose debugging messages. 23362cf872aSTakashi Iwai 23462cf872aSTakashi Iwai Let me repeat: it enables EXTRA-VERBOSE DEBUGGING messages. 23562cf872aSTakashi Iwai So, say Y only if you are ready to be annoyed. 23661fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela 23761fb63c0SJaroslav Kyselaconfig SND_PCM_XRUN_DEBUG 23861fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela bool "Enable PCM ring buffer overrun/underrun debugging" 23961fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela default n 240b7d90a35STakashi Iwai depends on SND_DEBUG && SND_VERBOSE_PROCFS 24161fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela help 24261fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela Say Y to enable the PCM ring buffer overrun/underrun debugging. 24361fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela It is usually not required, but if you have trouble with 24461fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela sound clicking when system is loaded, it may help to determine 24561fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela the process or driver which causes the scheduling gaps. 246e922b002STakashi Iwai 247e922b002STakashi Iwaiconfig SND_VMASTER 248e922b002STakashi Iwai bool 2490528c749SMichal Marek 250cc6a8acdSTakashi Iwaiconfig SND_DMA_SGBUF 251cc6a8acdSTakashi Iwai def_bool y 252cc6a8acdSTakashi Iwai depends on X86 253cc6a8acdSTakashi Iwai 2540528c749SMichal Mareksource "sound/core/seq/Kconfig" 255