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Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07001# ALSA soundcard-configuration
2config SND_TIMER
3 tristate
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07004
5config SND_PCM
6 tristate
7 select SND_TIMER
Florian Fainellia9605392009-12-21 16:36:10 -08008 select GCD
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07009
10config SND_HWDEP
11 tristate
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070012
13config SND_RAWMIDI
14 tristate
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070015
Takashi Iwai5c845be2012-01-13 09:53:53 +010016config SND_COMPRESS_OFFLOAD
17 tristate
18
Mark Brown0d94e412008-07-28 19:05:36 +010019# To be effective this also requires INPUT - users should say:
20# select SND_JACK if INPUT=y || INPUT=SND
21# to avoid having to force INPUT on.
22config SND_JACK
23 bool
24
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070025config SND_SEQUENCER
26 tristate "Sequencer support"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070027 select SND_TIMER
28 help
29 Say Y or M to enable MIDI sequencer and router support. This
30 feature allows routing and enqueueing of MIDI events. Events
31 can be processed at a given time.
32
33 Many programs require this feature, so you should enable it
34 unless you know what you're doing.
35
36config SND_SEQ_DUMMY
37 tristate "Sequencer dummy client"
38 depends on SND_SEQUENCER
39 help
40 Say Y here to enable the dummy sequencer client. This client
41 is a simple MIDI-through client: all normal input events are
42 redirected to the output port immediately.
43
44 You don't need this unless you want to connect many MIDI
45 devices or applications together.
46
47 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
48 will be called snd-seq-dummy.
49
50config SND_OSSEMUL
Tejun Heod886e872008-08-28 16:42:51 +020051 select SOUND_OSS_CORE
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070052 bool
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070053
54config SND_MIXER_OSS
55 tristate "OSS Mixer API"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070056 select SND_OSSEMUL
57 help
58 To enable OSS mixer API emulation (/dev/mixer*), say Y here
59 and read <file:Documentation/sound/alsa/OSS-Emulation.txt>.
60
61 Many programs still use the OSS API, so say Y.
62
63 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
64 will be called snd-mixer-oss.
65
66config SND_PCM_OSS
67 tristate "OSS PCM (digital audio) API"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070068 select SND_OSSEMUL
69 select SND_PCM
70 help
71 To enable OSS digital audio (PCM) emulation (/dev/dsp*), say Y
72 here and read <file:Documentation/sound/alsa/OSS-Emulation.txt>.
73
74 Many programs still use the OSS API, so say Y.
75
76 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
77 will be called snd-pcm-oss.
78
Jaroslav Kysela21a34792006-01-13 09:12:11 +010079config SND_PCM_OSS_PLUGINS
80 bool "OSS PCM (digital audio) API - Include plugin system"
81 depends on SND_PCM_OSS
82 default y
83 help
84 If you disable this option, the ALSA's OSS PCM API will not
85 support conversion of channels, formats and rates. It will
86 behave like most of new OSS/Free drivers in 2.4/2.6 kernels.
87
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070088config SND_SEQUENCER_OSS
89 bool "OSS Sequencer API"
Takashi Iwai89fe5112008-05-23 16:10:37 +020090 depends on SND_SEQUENCER
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -070091 select SND_OSSEMUL
92 help
93 Say Y here to enable OSS sequencer emulation (both
94 /dev/sequencer and /dev/music interfaces).
95
96 Many programs still use the OSS API, so say Y.
97
Frederik Deweerdtc2f60c52006-03-31 13:13:23 +020098 If you choose M in "Sequencer support" (SND_SEQUENCER),
99 this will be compiled as a module. The module will be called
100 snd-seq-oss.
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700101
Takashi Iwaibbaf5e92008-10-24 18:16:50 +0200102config SND_HRTIMER
103 tristate "HR-timer backend support"
104 depends on HIGH_RES_TIMERS
105 select SND_TIMER
106 help
107 Say Y here to enable HR-timer backend for ALSA timer. ALSA uses
108 the hrtimer as a precise timing source. The ALSA sequencer code
109 also can use this timing source.
110
111 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
112 will be called snd-hrtimer.
113
114config SND_SEQ_HRTIMER_DEFAULT
115 bool "Use HR-timer as default sequencer timer"
116 depends on SND_HRTIMER && SND_SEQUENCER
117 default y
118 help
119 Say Y here to use the HR-timer backend as the default sequencer
120 timer.
121
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700122config SND_RTCTIMER
123 tristate "RTC Timer support"
Takashi Iwai89fe5112008-05-23 16:10:37 +0200124 depends on RTC
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700125 select SND_TIMER
126 help
127 Say Y here to enable RTC timer support for ALSA. ALSA uses
128 the RTC timer as a precise timing source and maps the RTC
129 timer to ALSA's timer interface. The ALSA sequencer code also
130 can use this timing source.
131
132 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
133 will be called snd-rtctimer.
134
Takashi Iwai52948b32008-10-07 16:13:59 +0200135 Note that this option is exclusive with the new RTC drivers
136 (CONFIG_RTC_CLASS) since this requires the old API.
137
Clemens Ladischa4f508b2005-09-06 08:00:19 +0200138config SND_SEQ_RTCTIMER_DEFAULT
139 bool "Use RTC as default sequencer timer"
140 depends on SND_RTCTIMER && SND_SEQUENCER
Takashi Iwaie78a37b2008-10-29 16:08:01 +0100141 depends on !SND_SEQ_HRTIMER_DEFAULT
Clemens Ladischa4f508b2005-09-06 08:00:19 +0200142 default y
143 help
144 Say Y here to use the RTC timer as the default sequencer
145 timer. This is strongly recommended because it ensures
146 precise MIDI timing even when the system timer runs at less
147 than 1000 Hz.
148
149 If in doubt, say Y.
150
Clemens Ladisch332682b2005-11-20 14:07:47 +0100151config SND_DYNAMIC_MINORS
Clemens Ladischb10e5392006-06-27 08:41:26 +0200152 bool "Dynamic device file minor numbers"
Clemens Ladisch332682b2005-11-20 14:07:47 +0100153 help
154 If you say Y here, the minor numbers of ALSA device files in
155 /dev/snd/ are allocated dynamically. This allows you to have
156 more than 8 sound cards, but requires a dynamic device file
157 system like udev.
158
159 If you are unsure about this, say N here.
160
Takashi Iwai59d48582005-12-01 10:51:58 +0100161config SND_SUPPORT_OLD_API
162 bool "Support old ALSA API"
Takashi Iwai59d48582005-12-01 10:51:58 +0100163 default y
164 help
165 Say Y here to support the obsolete ALSA PCM API (ver.0.9.0 rc3
166 or older).
167
Jaroslav Kysela21a34792006-01-13 09:12:11 +0100168config SND_VERBOSE_PROCFS
169 bool "Verbose procfs contents"
Takashi Iwai89fe5112008-05-23 16:10:37 +0200170 depends on PROC_FS
Jaroslav Kysela21a34792006-01-13 09:12:11 +0100171 default y
172 help
173 Say Y here to include code for verbose procfs contents (provides
Matt LaPlantea982ac02007-05-09 07:35:06 +0200174 useful information to developers when a problem occurs). On the
Jaroslav Kysela21a34792006-01-13 09:12:11 +0100175 other side, it makes the ALSA subsystem larger.
176
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700177config SND_VERBOSE_PRINTK
178 bool "Verbose printk"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700179 help
180 Say Y here to enable verbose log messages. These messages
181 will help to identify source file and position containing
182 printed messages.
183
184 You don't need this unless you're debugging ALSA.
185
186config SND_DEBUG
187 bool "Debug"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700188 help
189 Say Y here to enable ALSA debug code.
190
Takashi Iwai62cf8722008-05-20 12:15:15 +0200191config SND_DEBUG_VERBOSE
192 bool "More verbose debug"
Linus Torvalds1da177e2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700193 depends on SND_DEBUG
194 help
Takashi Iwai62cf8722008-05-20 12:15:15 +0200195 Say Y here to enable extra-verbose debugging messages.
196
197 Let me repeat: it enables EXTRA-VERBOSE DEBUGGING messages.
198 So, say Y only if you are ready to be annoyed.
Jaroslav Kysela61fb63c2006-04-24 21:57:16 +0200199
200config SND_PCM_XRUN_DEBUG
201 bool "Enable PCM ring buffer overrun/underrun debugging"
202 default n
Takashi Iwaib7d90a32006-04-25 12:56:04 +0200203 depends on SND_DEBUG && SND_VERBOSE_PROCFS
Jaroslav Kysela61fb63c2006-04-24 21:57:16 +0200204 help
205 Say Y to enable the PCM ring buffer overrun/underrun debugging.
206 It is usually not required, but if you have trouble with
207 sound clicking when system is loaded, it may help to determine
208 the process or driver which causes the scheduling gaps.
Takashi Iwaie922b002008-02-18 13:03:13 +0100209
210config SND_VMASTER
211 bool
Michal Marek0528c742009-05-26 17:07:52 +0200212
Takashi Iwai35be5442011-11-02 08:36:06 +0100213config SND_KCTL_JACK
214 bool
215
Takashi Iwaicc6a8ac2008-06-17 16:39:06 +0200216config SND_DMA_SGBUF
217 def_bool y
218 depends on X86
219
Michal Marek0528c742009-05-26 17:07:52 +0200220source "sound/core/seq/Kconfig"