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| author | David Henningsson <david.henningsson@canonical.com> | 2014-10-20 14:38:09 +0200 |
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| committer | Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> | 2014-10-20 15:37:36 +0200 |
| commit | 8e648204194cb51df8562d1e2a64b7dc6b0aead3 (patch) | |
| tree | d98b6ec08195676b3c8ac60aa5129be0308aad86 /Documentation/sound | |
| parent | b566762a670cb651da2fc985feb3910c92e80427 (diff) | |
| download | linux-8e648204194cb51df8562d1e2a64b7dc6b0aead3.tar.bz2 | |
ALSA: Update control names documentation
This document was not really up-to-date. Add recent additions to this
standard - based on what the HDA driver currently does, which is some
kind of a de facto standard.
Signed-off-by: David Henningsson <david.henningsson@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sound')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sound/alsa/ControlNames.txt | 32 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ControlNames.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ControlNames.txt index fea65bb6269e..79a6127863ca 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ControlNames.txt +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ControlNames.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ This document describes standard names of mixer controls. -Syntax: SOURCE [DIRECTION] FUNCTION +Syntax: [LOCATION] SOURCE [CHANNEL] [DIRECTION] FUNCTION DIRECTION: <nothing> (both directions) @@ -14,12 +14,29 @@ FUNCTION: Volume Route (route control, hardware specific) +CHANNEL: + <nothing> (channel independent, or applies to all channels) + Front + Surround (rear left/right in 4.0/5.1 surround) + CLFE + Center + LFE + Side (side left/right for 7.1 surround) + +LOCATION: (physical location of source) + Front + Rear + Dock (docking station) + Internal + SOURCE: Master Master Mono Hardware Master Speaker (internal speaker) + Bass Speaker (internal LFE speaker) Headphone + Line Out Beep (beep generator) Phone Phone Input @@ -27,14 +44,14 @@ SOURCE: Synth FM Mic - Line + Headset Mic (mic part of combined headset jack - 4-pin headphone + mic) + Headphone Mic (mic part of either/or - 3-pin headphone or mic) + Line (input only, use "Line Out" for output) CD Video Zoom Video Aux PCM - PCM Front - PCM Rear PCM Pan Loopback Analog Loopback (D/A -> A/D loopback) @@ -47,8 +64,13 @@ SOURCE: Music I2S IEC958 + HDMI + SPDIF (output only) + SPDIF In + Digital In + HDMI/DP (either HDMI or DisplayPort) -Exceptions: +Exceptions (deprecated): [Digital] Capture Source [Digital] Capture Switch (aka input gain switch) [Digital] Capture Volume (aka input gain volume) |