1ec8f24b7SThomas Gleixner# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only 21da177e4SLinus Torvalds# ALSA soundcard-configuration 31da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_TIMER 41da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate 51da177e4SLinus Torvalds 61da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_PCM 71da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate 890bbaf66SJie Yang select SND_TIMER if SND_PCM_TIMER 91da177e4SLinus Torvalds 10838d1631SRussell Kingconfig SND_PCM_ELD 11838d1631SRussell King bool 12838d1631SRussell King 139203dd01SRussell Kingconfig SND_PCM_IEC958 149203dd01SRussell King bool 159203dd01SRussell King 16b7ae6f31SDaniel Mackconfig SND_DMAENGINE_PCM 17903eb318SDaniel Mack tristate 18b7ae6f31SDaniel Mack 191da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_HWDEP 201da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate 211da177e4SLinus Torvalds 22111b0cdbSTakashi Iwaiconfig SND_SEQ_DEVICE 23111b0cdbSTakashi Iwai tristate 24111b0cdbSTakashi Iwai 251da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_RAWMIDI 261da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate 27111b0cdbSTakashi Iwai select SND_SEQ_DEVICE if SND_SEQUENCER != n 281da177e4SLinus Torvalds 295c845bebSTakashi Iwaiconfig SND_COMPRESS_OFFLOAD 305c845bebSTakashi Iwai tristate 315c845bebSTakashi Iwai 320d94e41aSMark Brownconfig SND_JACK 330d94e41aSMark Brown bool 340d94e41aSMark Brown 35fe0d128cSTakashi Iwai# enable input device support in jack layer 36fe0d128cSTakashi Iwaiconfig SND_JACK_INPUT_DEV 37fe0d128cSTakashi Iwai bool 38fe0d128cSTakashi Iwai depends on SND_JACK 39fe0d128cSTakashi Iwai default y if INPUT=y || INPUT=SND 40fe0d128cSTakashi Iwai 411da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_OSSEMUL 42eb3b705aSTakashi Iwai bool "Enable OSS Emulation" 43d886e87cSTejun Heo select SOUND_OSS_CORE 44eb3b705aSTakashi Iwai help 45eb3b705aSTakashi Iwai This option enables the build of OSS emulation layer. 461da177e4SLinus Torvalds 471da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_MIXER_OSS 481da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "OSS Mixer API" 49eb3b705aSTakashi Iwai depends on SND_OSSEMUL 501da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 511da177e4SLinus Torvalds To enable OSS mixer API emulation (/dev/mixer*), say Y here 525fb94e9cSMauro Carvalho Chehab and read <file:Documentation/sound/designs/oss-emulation.rst>. 531da177e4SLinus Torvalds 541da177e4SLinus Torvalds Many programs still use the OSS API, so say Y. 551da177e4SLinus Torvalds 561da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 571da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called snd-mixer-oss. 581da177e4SLinus Torvalds 591da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_PCM_OSS 601da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "OSS PCM (digital audio) API" 61eb3b705aSTakashi Iwai depends on SND_OSSEMUL 621da177e4SLinus Torvalds select SND_PCM 631da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 641da177e4SLinus Torvalds To enable OSS digital audio (PCM) emulation (/dev/dsp*), say Y 655fb94e9cSMauro Carvalho Chehab here and read <file:Documentation/sound/designs/oss-emulation.rst>. 661da177e4SLinus Torvalds 671da177e4SLinus Torvalds Many programs still use the OSS API, so say Y. 681da177e4SLinus Torvalds 691da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 701da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called snd-pcm-oss. 711da177e4SLinus Torvalds 7221a3479aSJaroslav Kyselaconfig SND_PCM_OSS_PLUGINS 7321a3479aSJaroslav Kysela bool "OSS PCM (digital audio) API - Include plugin system" 7421a3479aSJaroslav Kysela depends on SND_PCM_OSS 7521a3479aSJaroslav Kysela default y 7621a3479aSJaroslav Kysela help 7721a3479aSJaroslav Kysela If you disable this option, the ALSA's OSS PCM API will not 7821a3479aSJaroslav Kysela support conversion of channels, formats and rates. It will 7921a3479aSJaroslav Kysela behave like most of new OSS/Free drivers in 2.4/2.6 kernels. 8021a3479aSJaroslav Kysela 8190bbaf66SJie Yangconfig SND_PCM_TIMER 8290bbaf66SJie Yang bool "PCM timer interface" if EXPERT 8390bbaf66SJie Yang default y 8490bbaf66SJie Yang help 85ac1efcfbSRandy Dunlap If you disable this option, pcm timer will be unavailable, so 86ac1efcfbSRandy Dunlap those stubs that use pcm timer (e.g. dmix, dsnoop & co) may work 87a893b7fcSElijah Harding incorrectly. 8890bbaf66SJie Yang 89ac1efcfbSRandy Dunlap For some embedded devices, we may disable it to reduce memory 9090bbaf66SJie Yang footprint, about 20KB on x86_64 platform. 9190bbaf66SJie Yang 92bbaf5e97STakashi Iwaiconfig SND_HRTIMER 93bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai tristate "HR-timer backend support" 94bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai depends on HIGH_RES_TIMERS 95bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai select SND_TIMER 96bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai help 97bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai Say Y here to enable HR-timer backend for ALSA timer. ALSA uses 98bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai the hrtimer as a precise timing source. The ALSA sequencer code 99bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai also can use this timing source. 100bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai 101bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 102bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai will be called snd-hrtimer. 103bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai 104332682b1SClemens Ladischconfig SND_DYNAMIC_MINORS 105b10e5391SClemens Ladisch bool "Dynamic device file minor numbers" 106332682b1SClemens Ladisch help 107332682b1SClemens Ladisch If you say Y here, the minor numbers of ALSA device files in 108332682b1SClemens Ladisch /dev/snd/ are allocated dynamically. This allows you to have 109332682b1SClemens Ladisch more than 8 sound cards, but requires a dynamic device file 110332682b1SClemens Ladisch system like udev. 111332682b1SClemens Ladisch 112332682b1SClemens Ladisch If you are unsure about this, say N here. 113332682b1SClemens Ladisch 1147bb2491bSTakashi Iwaiconfig SND_MAX_CARDS 1157bb2491bSTakashi Iwai int "Max number of sound cards" 1167bb2491bSTakashi Iwai range 4 256 1177bb2491bSTakashi Iwai default 32 1187bb2491bSTakashi Iwai depends on SND_DYNAMIC_MINORS 1197bb2491bSTakashi Iwai help 1207bb2491bSTakashi Iwai Specify the max number of sound cards that can be assigned 1217bb2491bSTakashi Iwai on a single machine. 1227bb2491bSTakashi Iwai 12359d48582STakashi Iwaiconfig SND_SUPPORT_OLD_API 12459d48582STakashi Iwai bool "Support old ALSA API" 12559d48582STakashi Iwai default y 12659d48582STakashi Iwai help 12759d48582STakashi Iwai Say Y here to support the obsolete ALSA PCM API (ver.0.9.0 rc3 12859d48582STakashi Iwai or older). 12959d48582STakashi Iwai 130e0ecb05aSJie Yangconfig SND_PROC_FS 131e0ecb05aSJie Yang bool "Sound Proc FS Support" if EXPERT 132e0ecb05aSJie Yang depends on PROC_FS 133e0ecb05aSJie Yang default y 134e0ecb05aSJie Yang help 135e0ecb05aSJie Yang Say 'N' to disable Sound proc FS, which may reduce code size about 136e0ecb05aSJie Yang 9KB on x86_64 platform. 137e0ecb05aSJie Yang If unsure say Y. 138e0ecb05aSJie Yang 13921a3479aSJaroslav Kyselaconfig SND_VERBOSE_PROCFS 14021a3479aSJaroslav Kysela bool "Verbose procfs contents" 141e0ecb05aSJie Yang depends on SND_PROC_FS 14221a3479aSJaroslav Kysela default y 14321a3479aSJaroslav Kysela help 14421a3479aSJaroslav Kysela Say Y here to include code for verbose procfs contents (provides 145a982ac06SMatt LaPlante useful information to developers when a problem occurs). On the 14621a3479aSJaroslav Kysela other side, it makes the ALSA subsystem larger. 14721a3479aSJaroslav Kysela 1481da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_VERBOSE_PRINTK 1491da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Verbose printk" 1501da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1511da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to enable verbose log messages. These messages 1521da177e4SLinus Torvalds will help to identify source file and position containing 1531da177e4SLinus Torvalds printed messages. 1541da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1551da177e4SLinus Torvalds You don't need this unless you're debugging ALSA. 1561da177e4SLinus Torvalds 157*c27e1efbSTakashi Iwaiconfig SND_CTL_FAST_LOOKUP 158*c27e1efbSTakashi Iwai bool "Fast lookup of control elements" if EXPERT 159*c27e1efbSTakashi Iwai default y 160*c27e1efbSTakashi Iwai select XARRAY_MULTI 161*c27e1efbSTakashi Iwai help 162*c27e1efbSTakashi Iwai This option enables the faster lookup of control elements. 163*c27e1efbSTakashi Iwai It will consume more memory because of the additional Xarray. 164*c27e1efbSTakashi Iwai If you want to choose the memory footprint over the performance 165*c27e1efbSTakashi Iwai inevitably, turn this off. 166*c27e1efbSTakashi Iwai 1671da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_DEBUG 1681da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Debug" 1691da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1701da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to enable ALSA debug code. 1711da177e4SLinus Torvalds 17262cf872aSTakashi Iwaiconfig SND_DEBUG_VERBOSE 17362cf872aSTakashi Iwai bool "More verbose debug" 1741da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SND_DEBUG 1751da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 17662cf872aSTakashi Iwai Say Y here to enable extra-verbose debugging messages. 17762cf872aSTakashi Iwai 17862cf872aSTakashi Iwai Let me repeat: it enables EXTRA-VERBOSE DEBUGGING messages. 17962cf872aSTakashi Iwai So, say Y only if you are ready to be annoyed. 18061fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela 18161fb63c0SJaroslav Kyselaconfig SND_PCM_XRUN_DEBUG 18261fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela bool "Enable PCM ring buffer overrun/underrun debugging" 18361fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela default n 184b7d90a35STakashi Iwai depends on SND_DEBUG && SND_VERBOSE_PROCFS 18561fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela help 18661fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela Say Y to enable the PCM ring buffer overrun/underrun debugging. 18761fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela It is usually not required, but if you have trouble with 18861fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela sound clicking when system is loaded, it may help to determine 18961fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela the process or driver which causes the scheduling gaps. 190e922b002STakashi Iwai 191fbd3eb7fSTakashi Iwaiconfig SND_CTL_VALIDATION 192fbd3eb7fSTakashi Iwai bool "Perform sanity-checks for each control element access" 193fbd3eb7fSTakashi Iwai depends on SND_DEBUG 194fbd3eb7fSTakashi Iwai help 195fbd3eb7fSTakashi Iwai Say Y to enable the additional validation of each control element 196fbd3eb7fSTakashi Iwai access, including sanity-checks like whether the values returned 197fbd3eb7fSTakashi Iwai from the driver are in the proper ranges or the check of the invalid 198fbd3eb7fSTakashi Iwai access at out-of-array areas. 199fbd3eb7fSTakashi Iwai 2002d670ea2SHui Wangconfig SND_JACK_INJECTION_DEBUG 2012d670ea2SHui Wang bool "Sound jack injection interface via debugfs" 2022d670ea2SHui Wang depends on SND_JACK && SND_DEBUG && DEBUG_FS 2032d670ea2SHui Wang help 2042d670ea2SHui Wang This option can be used to enable or disable sound jack 2052d670ea2SHui Wang software injection. 2062d670ea2SHui Wang Say Y if you are debugging via jack injection interface. 2072d670ea2SHui Wang If unsure select "N". 2082d670ea2SHui Wang 209e922b002STakashi Iwaiconfig SND_VMASTER 210e922b002STakashi Iwai bool 2110528c749SMichal Marek 212cc6a8acdSTakashi Iwaiconfig SND_DMA_SGBUF 213cc6a8acdSTakashi Iwai def_bool y 214cc6a8acdSTakashi Iwai depends on X86 215cc6a8acdSTakashi Iwai 21622d8de62SJaroslav Kyselaconfig SND_CTL_LED 21722d8de62SJaroslav Kysela tristate 21822d8de62SJaroslav Kysela select NEW_LEDS if SND_CTL_LED 21922d8de62SJaroslav Kysela select LEDS_TRIGGERS if SND_CTL_LED 22022d8de62SJaroslav Kysela select LEDS_TRIGGER_AUDIO if SND_CTL_LED 22122d8de62SJaroslav Kysela 2220528c749SMichal Mareksource "sound/core/seq/Kconfig" 223