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 211da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_RAWMIDI 221da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate 231da177e4SLinus Torvalds 245c845bebSTakashi Iwaiconfig SND_COMPRESS_OFFLOAD 255c845bebSTakashi Iwai tristate 265c845bebSTakashi Iwai 270d94e41aSMark Brownconfig SND_JACK 280d94e41aSMark Brown bool 290d94e41aSMark Brown 30fe0d128cSTakashi Iwai# enable input device support in jack layer 31fe0d128cSTakashi Iwaiconfig SND_JACK_INPUT_DEV 32fe0d128cSTakashi Iwai bool 33fe0d128cSTakashi Iwai depends on SND_JACK 34fe0d128cSTakashi Iwai default y if INPUT=y || INPUT=SND 35fe0d128cSTakashi Iwai 361da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_SEQUENCER 371da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sequencer support" 381da177e4SLinus Torvalds select SND_TIMER 391da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 401da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y or M to enable MIDI sequencer and router support. This 411da177e4SLinus Torvalds feature allows routing and enqueueing of MIDI events. Events 421da177e4SLinus Torvalds can be processed at a given time. 431da177e4SLinus Torvalds 441da177e4SLinus Torvalds Many programs require this feature, so you should enable it 451da177e4SLinus Torvalds unless you know what you're doing. 461da177e4SLinus Torvalds 471da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_SEQ_DUMMY 481da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "Sequencer dummy client" 491da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SND_SEQUENCER 501da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 511da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to enable the dummy sequencer client. This client 521da177e4SLinus Torvalds is a simple MIDI-through client: all normal input events are 531da177e4SLinus Torvalds redirected to the output port immediately. 541da177e4SLinus Torvalds 551da177e4SLinus Torvalds You don't need this unless you want to connect many MIDI 561da177e4SLinus Torvalds devices or applications together. 571da177e4SLinus Torvalds 581da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 591da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called snd-seq-dummy. 601da177e4SLinus Torvalds 611da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_OSSEMUL 62d886e87cSTejun Heo select SOUND_OSS_CORE 631da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool 641da177e4SLinus Torvalds 651da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_MIXER_OSS 661da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "OSS Mixer API" 671da177e4SLinus Torvalds select SND_OSSEMUL 681da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 691da177e4SLinus Torvalds To enable OSS mixer API emulation (/dev/mixer*), say Y here 701da177e4SLinus Torvalds and read <file:Documentation/sound/alsa/OSS-Emulation.txt>. 711da177e4SLinus Torvalds 721da177e4SLinus Torvalds Many programs still use the OSS API, so say Y. 731da177e4SLinus Torvalds 741da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 751da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called snd-mixer-oss. 761da177e4SLinus Torvalds 771da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_PCM_OSS 781da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "OSS PCM (digital audio) API" 791da177e4SLinus Torvalds select SND_OSSEMUL 801da177e4SLinus Torvalds select SND_PCM 811da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 821da177e4SLinus Torvalds To enable OSS digital audio (PCM) emulation (/dev/dsp*), say Y 831da177e4SLinus Torvalds here and read <file:Documentation/sound/alsa/OSS-Emulation.txt>. 841da177e4SLinus Torvalds 851da177e4SLinus Torvalds Many programs still use the OSS API, so say Y. 861da177e4SLinus Torvalds 871da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 881da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called snd-pcm-oss. 891da177e4SLinus Torvalds 9021a3479aSJaroslav Kyselaconfig SND_PCM_OSS_PLUGINS 9121a3479aSJaroslav Kysela bool "OSS PCM (digital audio) API - Include plugin system" 9221a3479aSJaroslav Kysela depends on SND_PCM_OSS 9321a3479aSJaroslav Kysela default y 9421a3479aSJaroslav Kysela help 9521a3479aSJaroslav Kysela If you disable this option, the ALSA's OSS PCM API will not 9621a3479aSJaroslav Kysela support conversion of channels, formats and rates. It will 9721a3479aSJaroslav Kysela behave like most of new OSS/Free drivers in 2.4/2.6 kernels. 9821a3479aSJaroslav Kysela 9990bbaf66SJie Yangconfig SND_PCM_TIMER 10090bbaf66SJie Yang bool "PCM timer interface" if EXPERT 10190bbaf66SJie Yang default y 10290bbaf66SJie Yang help 103ac1efcfbSRandy Dunlap If you disable this option, pcm timer will be unavailable, so 104ac1efcfbSRandy Dunlap those stubs that use pcm timer (e.g. dmix, dsnoop & co) may work 10590bbaf66SJie Yang incorrectlly. 10690bbaf66SJie Yang 107ac1efcfbSRandy Dunlap For some embedded devices, we may disable it to reduce memory 10890bbaf66SJie Yang footprint, about 20KB on x86_64 platform. 10990bbaf66SJie Yang 1101da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_SEQUENCER_OSS 1111da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "OSS Sequencer API" 11289fe5117STakashi Iwai depends on SND_SEQUENCER 1131da177e4SLinus Torvalds select SND_OSSEMUL 1141da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1151da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to enable OSS sequencer emulation (both 1161da177e4SLinus Torvalds /dev/sequencer and /dev/music interfaces). 1171da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1181da177e4SLinus Torvalds Many programs still use the OSS API, so say Y. 1191da177e4SLinus Torvalds 120c2f60c52SFrederik Deweerdt If you choose M in "Sequencer support" (SND_SEQUENCER), 121c2f60c52SFrederik Deweerdt this will be compiled as a module. The module will be called 122c2f60c52SFrederik Deweerdt snd-seq-oss. 1231da177e4SLinus Torvalds 124bbaf5e97STakashi Iwaiconfig SND_HRTIMER 125bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai tristate "HR-timer backend support" 126bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai depends on HIGH_RES_TIMERS 127bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai select SND_TIMER 128bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai help 129bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai Say Y here to enable HR-timer backend for ALSA timer. ALSA uses 130bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai the hrtimer as a precise timing source. The ALSA sequencer code 131bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai also can use this timing source. 132bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai 133bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 134bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai will be called snd-hrtimer. 135bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai 136bbaf5e97STakashi Iwaiconfig SND_SEQ_HRTIMER_DEFAULT 137bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai bool "Use HR-timer as default sequencer timer" 138bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai depends on SND_HRTIMER && SND_SEQUENCER 139bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai default y 140bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai help 141bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai Say Y here to use the HR-timer backend as the default sequencer 142bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai timer. 143bbaf5e97STakashi Iwai 1441da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_RTCTIMER 1451da177e4SLinus Torvalds tristate "RTC Timer support" 14689fe5117STakashi Iwai depends on RTC 1471da177e4SLinus Torvalds select SND_TIMER 1481da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 1491da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to enable RTC timer support for ALSA. ALSA uses 1501da177e4SLinus Torvalds the RTC timer as a precise timing source and maps the RTC 1511da177e4SLinus Torvalds timer to ALSA's timer interface. The ALSA sequencer code also 1521da177e4SLinus Torvalds can use this timing source. 1531da177e4SLinus Torvalds 1541da177e4SLinus Torvalds To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module 1551da177e4SLinus Torvalds will be called snd-rtctimer. 1561da177e4SLinus Torvalds 15752948b3fSTakashi Iwai Note that this option is exclusive with the new RTC drivers 15852948b3fSTakashi Iwai (CONFIG_RTC_CLASS) since this requires the old API. 15952948b3fSTakashi Iwai 160a4f508b2SClemens Ladischconfig SND_SEQ_RTCTIMER_DEFAULT 161a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch bool "Use RTC as default sequencer timer" 162a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch depends on SND_RTCTIMER && SND_SEQUENCER 163e78a37bcSTakashi Iwai depends on !SND_SEQ_HRTIMER_DEFAULT 164a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch default y 165a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch help 166a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch Say Y here to use the RTC timer as the default sequencer 167a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch timer. This is strongly recommended because it ensures 168a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch precise MIDI timing even when the system timer runs at less 169a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch than 1000 Hz. 170a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch 171a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch If in doubt, say Y. 172a4f508b2SClemens Ladisch 173332682b1SClemens Ladischconfig SND_DYNAMIC_MINORS 174b10e5391SClemens Ladisch bool "Dynamic device file minor numbers" 175332682b1SClemens Ladisch help 176332682b1SClemens Ladisch If you say Y here, the minor numbers of ALSA device files in 177332682b1SClemens Ladisch /dev/snd/ are allocated dynamically. This allows you to have 178332682b1SClemens Ladisch more than 8 sound cards, but requires a dynamic device file 179332682b1SClemens Ladisch system like udev. 180332682b1SClemens Ladisch 181332682b1SClemens Ladisch If you are unsure about this, say N here. 182332682b1SClemens Ladisch 1837bb2491bSTakashi Iwaiconfig SND_MAX_CARDS 1847bb2491bSTakashi Iwai int "Max number of sound cards" 1857bb2491bSTakashi Iwai range 4 256 1867bb2491bSTakashi Iwai default 32 1877bb2491bSTakashi Iwai depends on SND_DYNAMIC_MINORS 1887bb2491bSTakashi Iwai help 1897bb2491bSTakashi Iwai Specify the max number of sound cards that can be assigned 1907bb2491bSTakashi Iwai on a single machine. 1917bb2491bSTakashi Iwai 19259d48582STakashi Iwaiconfig SND_SUPPORT_OLD_API 19359d48582STakashi Iwai bool "Support old ALSA API" 19459d48582STakashi Iwai default y 19559d48582STakashi Iwai help 19659d48582STakashi Iwai Say Y here to support the obsolete ALSA PCM API (ver.0.9.0 rc3 19759d48582STakashi Iwai or older). 19859d48582STakashi Iwai 199e0ecb05aSJie Yangconfig SND_PROC_FS 200e0ecb05aSJie Yang bool "Sound Proc FS Support" if EXPERT 201e0ecb05aSJie Yang depends on PROC_FS 202e0ecb05aSJie Yang default y 203e0ecb05aSJie Yang help 204e0ecb05aSJie Yang Say 'N' to disable Sound proc FS, which may reduce code size about 205e0ecb05aSJie Yang 9KB on x86_64 platform. 206e0ecb05aSJie Yang If unsure say Y. 207e0ecb05aSJie Yang 20821a3479aSJaroslav Kyselaconfig SND_VERBOSE_PROCFS 20921a3479aSJaroslav Kysela bool "Verbose procfs contents" 210e0ecb05aSJie Yang depends on SND_PROC_FS 21121a3479aSJaroslav Kysela default y 21221a3479aSJaroslav Kysela help 21321a3479aSJaroslav Kysela Say Y here to include code for verbose procfs contents (provides 214a982ac06SMatt LaPlante useful information to developers when a problem occurs). On the 21521a3479aSJaroslav Kysela other side, it makes the ALSA subsystem larger. 21621a3479aSJaroslav Kysela 2171da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_VERBOSE_PRINTK 2181da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Verbose printk" 2191da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2201da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to enable verbose log messages. These messages 2211da177e4SLinus Torvalds will help to identify source file and position containing 2221da177e4SLinus Torvalds printed messages. 2231da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2241da177e4SLinus Torvalds You don't need this unless you're debugging ALSA. 2251da177e4SLinus Torvalds 2261da177e4SLinus Torvaldsconfig SND_DEBUG 2271da177e4SLinus Torvalds bool "Debug" 2281da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 2291da177e4SLinus Torvalds Say Y here to enable ALSA debug code. 2301da177e4SLinus Torvalds 23162cf872aSTakashi Iwaiconfig SND_DEBUG_VERBOSE 23262cf872aSTakashi Iwai bool "More verbose debug" 2331da177e4SLinus Torvalds depends on SND_DEBUG 2341da177e4SLinus Torvalds help 23562cf872aSTakashi Iwai Say Y here to enable extra-verbose debugging messages. 23662cf872aSTakashi Iwai 23762cf872aSTakashi Iwai Let me repeat: it enables EXTRA-VERBOSE DEBUGGING messages. 23862cf872aSTakashi Iwai So, say Y only if you are ready to be annoyed. 23961fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela 24061fb63c0SJaroslav Kyselaconfig SND_PCM_XRUN_DEBUG 24161fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela bool "Enable PCM ring buffer overrun/underrun debugging" 24261fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela default n 243b7d90a35STakashi Iwai depends on SND_DEBUG && SND_VERBOSE_PROCFS 24461fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela help 24561fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela Say Y to enable the PCM ring buffer overrun/underrun debugging. 24661fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela It is usually not required, but if you have trouble with 24761fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela sound clicking when system is loaded, it may help to determine 24861fb63c0SJaroslav Kysela the process or driver which causes the scheduling gaps. 249e922b002STakashi Iwai 250e922b002STakashi Iwaiconfig SND_VMASTER 251e922b002STakashi Iwai bool 2520528c749SMichal Marek 253cc6a8acdSTakashi Iwaiconfig SND_DMA_SGBUF 254cc6a8acdSTakashi Iwai def_bool y 255cc6a8acdSTakashi Iwai depends on X86 256cc6a8acdSTakashi Iwai 2570528c749SMichal Mareksource "sound/core/seq/Kconfig" 258