1 2 Advanced Linux Sound Architecture - Driver 3 ========================================== 4 Configuration guide 5 6 7Kernel Configuration 8==================== 9 10To enable ALSA support you need at least to build the kernel with 11primary sound card support (CONFIG_SOUND). Since ALSA can emulate OSS, 12you don't have to choose any of the OSS modules. 13 14Enable "OSS API emulation" (CONFIG_SND_OSSEMUL) and both OSS mixer and 15PCM supports if you want to run OSS applications with ALSA. 16 17If you want to support the WaveTable functionality on cards such as 18SB Live! then you need to enable "Sequencer support" 19(CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER). 20 21To make ALSA debug messages more verbose, enable the "Verbose printk" 22and "Debug" options. To check for memory leaks, turn on "Debug memory" 23too. "Debug detection" will add checks for the detection of cards. 24 25Please note that all the ALSA ISA drivers support the Linux isapnp API 26(if the card supports ISA PnP). You don't need to configure the cards 27using isapnptools. 28 29 30Creating ALSA devices 31===================== 32 33This depends on your distribution, but normally you use the /dev/MAKEDEV 34script to create the necessary device nodes. On some systems you use a 35script named 'snddevices'. 36 37 38Module parameters 39================= 40 41The user can load modules with options. If the module supports more than 42one card and you have more than one card of the same type then you can 43specify multiple values for the option separated by commas. 44 45Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed. 46 47 Module snd 48 ---------- 49 50 The core ALSA module. It is used by all ALSA card drivers. 51 It takes the following options which have global effects. 52 53 major - major number for sound driver 54 - Default: 116 55 cards_limit 56 - limiting card index for auto-loading (1-8) 57 - Default: 1 58 - For auto-loading more than one card, specify this 59 option together with snd-card-X aliases. 60 slots - Reserve the slot index for the given driver. 61 This option takes multiple strings. 62 See "Module Autoloading Support" section for details. 63 debug - Specifies the debug message level 64 (0 = disable debug prints, 1 = normal debug messages, 65 2 = verbose debug messages) 66 This option appears only when CONFIG_SND_DEBUG=y. 67 This option can be dynamically changed via sysfs 68 /sys/modules/snd/parameters/debug file. 69 70 Module snd-pcm-oss 71 ------------------ 72 73 The PCM OSS emulation module. 74 This module takes options which change the mapping of devices. 75 76 dsp_map - PCM device number maps assigned to the 1st OSS device. 77 - Default: 0 78 adsp_map - PCM device number maps assigned to the 2st OSS device. 79 - Default: 1 80 nonblock_open 81 - Don't block opening busy PCM devices. Default: 1 82 83 For example, when dsp_map=2, /dev/dsp will be mapped to PCM #2 of 84 the card #0. Similarly, when adsp_map=0, /dev/adsp will be mapped 85 to PCM #0 of the card #0. 86 For changing the second or later card, specify the option with 87 commas, such like "dsp_map=0,1". 88 89 nonblock_open option is used to change the behavior of the PCM 90 regarding opening the device. When this option is non-zero, 91 opening a busy OSS PCM device won't be blocked but return 92 immediately with EAGAIN (just like O_NONBLOCK flag). 93 94 Module snd-rawmidi 95 ------------------ 96 97 This module takes options which change the mapping of devices. 98 similar to those of the snd-pcm-oss module. 99 100 midi_map - MIDI device number maps assigned to the 1st OSS device. 101 - Default: 0 102 amidi_map - MIDI device number maps assigned to the 2st OSS device. 103 - Default: 1 104 105 Common parameters for top sound card modules 106 -------------------------------------------- 107 108 Each of top level sound card module takes the following options. 109 110 index - index (slot #) of sound card 111 - Values: 0 through 31 or negative 112 - If nonnegative, assign that index number 113 - if negative, interpret as a bitmask of permissible 114 indices; the first free permitted index is assigned 115 - Default: -1 116 id - card ID (identifier or name) 117 - Can be up to 15 characters long 118 - Default: the card type 119 - A directory by this name is created under /proc/asound/ 120 containing information about the card 121 - This ID can be used instead of the index number in 122 identifying the card 123 enable - enable card 124 - Default: enabled, for PCI and ISA PnP cards 125 126 Module snd-adlib 127 ---------------- 128 129 Module for AdLib FM cards. 130 131 port - port # for OPL chip 132 133 This module supports multiple cards. It does not support autoprobe, so 134 the port must be specified. For actual AdLib FM cards it will be 0x388. 135 Note that this card does not have PCM support and no mixer; only FM 136 synthesis. 137 138 Make sure you have "sbiload" from the alsa-tools package available and, 139 after loading the module, find out the assigned ALSA sequencer port 140 number through "sbiload -l". Example output: 141 142 Port Client name Port name 143 64:0 OPL2 FM synth OPL2 FM Port 144 145 Load the std.sb and drums.sb patches also supplied by sbiload: 146 147 sbiload -p 64:0 std.sb drums.sb 148 149 If you use this driver to drive an OPL3, you can use std.o3 and drums.o3 150 instead. To have the card produce sound, use aplaymidi from alsa-utils: 151 152 aplaymidi -p 64:0 foo.mid 153 154 Module snd-ad1816a 155 ------------------ 156 157 Module for sound cards based on Analog Devices AD1816A/AD1815 ISA chips. 158 159 clockfreq - Clock frequency for AD1816A chip (default = 0, 33000Hz) 160 161 This module supports multiple cards, autoprobe and PnP. 162 163 Module snd-ad1848 164 ----------------- 165 166 Module for sound cards based on AD1848/AD1847/CS4248 ISA chips. 167 168 port - port # for AD1848 chip 169 irq - IRQ # for AD1848 chip 170 dma1 - DMA # for AD1848 chip (0,1,3) 171 172 This module supports multiple cards. It does not support autoprobe 173 thus main port must be specified!!! Other ports are optional. 174 175 The power-management is supported. 176 177 Module snd-ad1889 178 ----------------- 179 180 Module for Analog Devices AD1889 chips. 181 182 ac97_quirk - AC'97 workaround for strange hardware 183 See the description of intel8x0 module for details. 184 185 This module supports multiple cards. 186 187 Module snd-ali5451 188 ------------------ 189 190 Module for ALi M5451 PCI chip. 191 192 pcm_channels - Number of hardware channels assigned for PCM 193 spdif - Support SPDIF I/O 194 - Default: disabled 195 196 This module supports one chip and autoprobe. 197 198 The power-management is supported. 199 200 Module snd-als100 201 ----------------- 202 203 Module for sound cards based on Avance Logic ALS100/ALS120 ISA chips. 204 205 This module supports multiple cards, autoprobe and PnP. 206 207 The power-management is supported. 208 209 Module snd-als300 210 ----------------- 211 212 Module for Avance Logic ALS300 and ALS300+ 213 214 This module supports multiple cards. 215 216 The power-management is supported. 217 218 Module snd-als4000 219 ------------------ 220 221 Module for sound cards based on Avance Logic ALS4000 PCI chip. 222 223 joystick_port - port # for legacy joystick support. 224 0 = disabled (default), 1 = auto-detect 225 226 This module supports multiple cards, autoprobe and PnP. 227 228 The power-management is supported. 229 230 Module snd-asihpi 231 ----------------- 232 233 Module for AudioScience ASI soundcards 234 235 enable_hpi_hwdep - enable HPI hwdep for AudioScience soundcard 236 237 This module supports multiple cards. 238 The driver requires the firmware loader support on kernel. 239 240 Module snd-atiixp 241 ----------------- 242 243 Module for ATI IXP 150/200/250/400 AC97 controllers. 244 245 ac97_clock - AC'97 clock (default = 48000) 246 ac97_quirk - AC'97 workaround for strange hardware 247 See "AC97 Quirk Option" section below. 248 ac97_codec - Workaround to specify which AC'97 codec 249 instead of probing. If this works for you 250 file a bug with your `lspci -vn` output. 251 -2 -- Force probing. 252 -1 -- Default behavior. 253 0-2 -- Use the specified codec. 254 spdif_aclink - S/PDIF transfer over AC-link (default = 1) 255 256 This module supports one card and autoprobe. 257 258 ATI IXP has two different methods to control SPDIF output. One is 259 over AC-link and another is over the "direct" SPDIF output. The 260 implementation depends on the motherboard, and you'll need to 261 choose the correct one via spdif_aclink module option. 262 263 The power-management is supported. 264 265 Module snd-atiixp-modem 266 ----------------------- 267 268 Module for ATI IXP 150/200/250 AC97 modem controllers. 269 270 This module supports one card and autoprobe. 271 272 Note: The default index value of this module is -2, i.e. the first 273 slot is excluded. 274 275 The power-management is supported. 276 277 Module snd-au8810, snd-au8820, snd-au8830 278 ----------------------------------------- 279 280 Module for Aureal Vortex, Vortex2 and Advantage device. 281 282 pcifix - Control PCI workarounds 283 0 = Disable all workarounds 284 1 = Force the PCI latency of the Aureal card to 0xff 285 2 = Force the Extend PCI#2 Internal Master for Efficient 286 Handling of Dummy Requests on the VIA KT133 AGP Bridge 287 3 = Force both settings 288 255 = Autodetect what is required (default) 289 290 This module supports all ADB PCM channels, ac97 mixer, SPDIF, hardware 291 EQ, mpu401, gameport. A3D and wavetable support are still in development. 292 Development and reverse engineering work is being coordinated at 293 http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/openvortex/ 294 SPDIF output has a copy of the AC97 codec output, unless you use the 295 "spdif" pcm device, which allows raw data passthru. 296 The hardware EQ hardware and SPDIF is only present in the Vortex2 and 297 Advantage. 298 299 Note: Some ALSA mixer applications don't handle the SPDIF sample rate 300 control correctly. If you have problems regarding this, try 301 another ALSA compliant mixer (alsamixer works). 302 303 Module snd-azt1605 304 ------------------ 305 306 Module for Aztech Sound Galaxy soundcards based on the Aztech AZT1605 307 chipset. 308 309 port - port # for BASE (0x220,0x240,0x260,0x280) 310 wss_port - port # for WSS (0x530,0x604,0xe80,0xf40) 311 irq - IRQ # for WSS (7,9,10,11) 312 dma1 - DMA # for WSS playback (0,1,3) 313 dma2 - DMA # for WSS capture (0,1), -1 = disabled (default) 314 mpu_port - port # for MPU-401 UART (0x300,0x330), -1 = disabled (default) 315 mpu_irq - IRQ # for MPU-401 UART (3,5,7,9), -1 = disabled (default) 316 fm_port - port # for OPL3 (0x388), -1 = disabled (default) 317 318 This module supports multiple cards. It does not support autoprobe: port, 319 wss_port, irq and dma1 have to be specified. The other values are 320 optional. 321 322 "port" needs to match the BASE ADDRESS jumper on the card (0x220 or 0x240) 323 or the value stored in the card's EEPROM for cards that have an EEPROM and 324 their "CONFIG MODE" jumper set to "EEPROM SETTING". The other values can 325 be chosen freely from the options enumerated above. 326 327 If dma2 is specified and different from dma1, the card will operate in 328 full-duplex mode. When dma1=3, only dma2=0 is valid and the only way to 329 enable capture since only channels 0 and 1 are available for capture. 330 331 Generic settings are "port=0x220 wss_port=0x530 irq=10 dma1=1 dma2=0 332 mpu_port=0x330 mpu_irq=9 fm_port=0x388". 333 334 Whatever IRQ and DMA channels you pick, be sure to reserve them for 335 legacy ISA in your BIOS. 336 337 Module snd-azt2316 338 ------------------ 339 340 Module for Aztech Sound Galaxy soundcards based on the Aztech AZT2316 341 chipset. 342 343 port - port # for BASE (0x220,0x240,0x260,0x280) 344 wss_port - port # for WSS (0x530,0x604,0xe80,0xf40) 345 irq - IRQ # for WSS (7,9,10,11) 346 dma1 - DMA # for WSS playback (0,1,3) 347 dma2 - DMA # for WSS capture (0,1), -1 = disabled (default) 348 mpu_port - port # for MPU-401 UART (0x300,0x330), -1 = disabled (default) 349 mpu_irq - IRQ # for MPU-401 UART (5,7,9,10), -1 = disabled (default) 350 fm_port - port # for OPL3 (0x388), -1 = disabled (default) 351 352 This module supports multiple cards. It does not support autoprobe: port, 353 wss_port, irq and dma1 have to be specified. The other values are 354 optional. 355 356 "port" needs to match the BASE ADDRESS jumper on the card (0x220 or 0x240) 357 or the value stored in the card's EEPROM for cards that have an EEPROM and 358 their "CONFIG MODE" jumper set to "EEPROM SETTING". The other values can 359 be chosen freely from the options enumerated above. 360 361 If dma2 is specified and different from dma1, the card will operate in 362 full-duplex mode. When dma1=3, only dma2=0 is valid and the only way to 363 enable capture since only channels 0 and 1 are available for capture. 364 365 Generic settings are "port=0x220 wss_port=0x530 irq=10 dma1=1 dma2=0 366 mpu_port=0x330 mpu_irq=9 fm_port=0x388". 367 368 Whatever IRQ and DMA channels you pick, be sure to reserve them for 369 legacy ISA in your BIOS. 370 371 Module snd-aw2 372 -------------- 373 374 Module for Audiowerk2 sound card 375 376 This module supports multiple cards. 377 378 Module snd-azt2320 379 ------------------ 380 381 Module for sound cards based on Aztech System AZT2320 ISA chip (PnP only). 382 383 This module supports multiple cards, PnP and autoprobe. 384 385 The power-management is supported. 386 387 Module snd-azt3328 388 ------------------ 389 390 Module for sound cards based on Aztech AZF3328 PCI chip. 391 392 joystick - Enable joystick (default off) 393 394 This module supports multiple cards. 395 396 Module snd-bt87x 397 ---------------- 398 399 Module for video cards based on Bt87x chips. 400 401 digital_rate - Override the default digital rate (Hz) 402 load_all - Load the driver even if the card model isn't known 403 404 This module supports multiple cards. 405 406 Note: The default index value of this module is -2, i.e. the first 407 slot is excluded. 408 409 Module snd-ca0106 410 ----------------- 411 412 Module for Creative Audigy LS and SB Live 24bit 413 414 This module supports multiple cards. 415 416 417 Module snd-cmi8330 418 ------------------ 419 420 Module for sound cards based on C-Media CMI8330 ISA chips. 421 422 isapnp - ISA PnP detection - 0 = disable, 1 = enable (default) 423 424 with isapnp=0, the following options are available: 425 426 wssport - port # for CMI8330 chip (WSS) 427 wssirq - IRQ # for CMI8330 chip (WSS) 428 wssdma - first DMA # for CMI8330 chip (WSS) 429 sbport - port # for CMI8330 chip (SB16) 430 sbirq - IRQ # for CMI8330 chip (SB16) 431 sbdma8 - 8bit DMA # for CMI8330 chip (SB16) 432 sbdma16 - 16bit DMA # for CMI8330 chip (SB16) 433 fmport - (optional) OPL3 I/O port 434 mpuport - (optional) MPU401 I/O port 435 mpuirq - (optional) MPU401 irq # 436 437 This module supports multiple cards and autoprobe. 438 439 The power-management is supported. 440 441 Module snd-cmipci 442 ----------------- 443 444 Module for C-Media CMI8338/8738/8768/8770 PCI sound cards. 445 446 mpu_port - port address of MIDI interface (8338 only): 447 0x300,0x310,0x320,0x330 = legacy port, 448 0 = disable (default) 449 fm_port - port address of OPL-3 FM synthesizer (8x38 only): 450 0x388 = legacy port, 451 1 = integrated PCI port (default on 8738), 452 0 = disable 453 soft_ac3 - Software-conversion of raw SPDIF packets (model 033 only) 454 (default = 1) 455 joystick_port - Joystick port address (0 = disable, 1 = auto-detect) 456 457 This module supports autoprobe and multiple cards. 458 459 The power-management is supported. 460 461 Module snd-cs4231 462 ----------------- 463 464 Module for sound cards based on CS4231 ISA chips. 465 466 port - port # for CS4231 chip 467 mpu_port - port # for MPU-401 UART (optional), -1 = disable 468 irq - IRQ # for CS4231 chip 469 mpu_irq - IRQ # for MPU-401 UART 470 dma1 - first DMA # for CS4231 chip 471 dma2 - second DMA # for CS4231 chip 472 473 This module supports multiple cards. This module does not support autoprobe 474 thus main port must be specified!!! Other ports are optional. 475 476 The power-management is supported. 477 478 Module snd-cs4236 479 ----------------- 480 481 Module for sound cards based on CS4232/CS4232A, 482 CS4235/CS4236/CS4236B/CS4237B/ 483 CS4238B/CS4239 ISA chips. 484 485 isapnp - ISA PnP detection - 0 = disable, 1 = enable (default) 486 487 with isapnp=0, the following options are available: 488 489 port - port # for CS4236 chip (PnP setup - 0x534) 490 cport - control port # for CS4236 chip (PnP setup - 0x120,0x210,0xf00) 491 mpu_port - port # for MPU-401 UART (PnP setup - 0x300), -1 = disable 492 fm_port - FM port # for CS4236 chip (PnP setup - 0x388), -1 = disable 493 irq - IRQ # for CS4236 chip (5,7,9,11,12,15) 494 mpu_irq - IRQ # for MPU-401 UART (9,11,12,15) 495 dma1 - first DMA # for CS4236 chip (0,1,3) 496 dma2 - second DMA # for CS4236 chip (0,1,3), -1 = disable 497 498 This module supports multiple cards. This module does not support autoprobe 499 (if ISA PnP is not used) thus main port and control port must be 500 specified!!! Other ports are optional. 501 502 The power-management is supported. 503 504 This module is aliased as snd-cs4232 since it provides the old 505 snd-cs4232 functionality, too. 506 507 Module snd-cs4281 508 ----------------- 509 510 Module for Cirrus Logic CS4281 soundchip. 511 512 dual_codec - Secondary codec ID (0 = disable, default) 513 514 This module supports multiple cards. 515 516 The power-management is supported. 517 518 Module snd-cs46xx 519 ----------------- 520 521 Module for PCI sound cards based on CS4610/CS4612/CS4614/CS4615/CS4622/ 522 CS4624/CS4630/CS4280 PCI chips. 523 524 external_amp - Force to enable external amplifier. 525 thinkpad - Force to enable Thinkpad's CLKRUN control. 526 mmap_valid - Support OSS mmap mode (default = 0). 527 528 This module supports multiple cards and autoprobe. 529 Usually external amp and CLKRUN controls are detected automatically 530 from PCI sub vendor/device ids. If they don't work, give the options 531 above explicitly. 532 533 The power-management is supported. 534 535 Module snd-cs5530 536 _________________ 537 538 Module for Cyrix/NatSemi Geode 5530 chip. 539 540 Module snd-cs5535audio 541 ---------------------- 542 543 Module for multifunction CS5535 companion PCI device 544 545 The power-management is supported. 546 547 Module snd-ctxfi 548 ---------------- 549 550 Module for Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi boards (20k1 / 20k2 chips) 551 * Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series 552 * Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series 553 * Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Professional Audio 554 * Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium 555 * Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro 556 * Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum 557 * Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty 558 * Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 559 * Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 560 561 reference_rate - reference sample rate, 44100 or 48000 (default) 562 multiple - multiple to ref. sample rate, 1 or 2 (default) 563 subsystem - override the PCI SSID for probing; the value 564 consists of SSVID << 16 | SSDID. The default is 565 zero, which means no override. 566 567 This module supports multiple cards. 568 569 Module snd-darla20 570 ------------------ 571 572 Module for Echoaudio Darla20 573 574 This module supports multiple cards. 575 The driver requires the firmware loader support on kernel. 576 577 Module snd-darla24 578 ------------------ 579 580 Module for Echoaudio Darla24 581 582 This module supports multiple cards. 583 The driver requires the firmware loader support on kernel. 584 585 Module snd-dt019x 586 ----------------- 587 588 Module for Diamond Technologies DT-019X / Avance Logic ALS-007 (PnP 589 only) 590 591 This module supports multiple cards. This module is enabled only with 592 ISA PnP support. 593 594 The power-management is supported. 595 596 Module snd-dummy 597 ---------------- 598 599 Module for the dummy sound card. This "card" doesn't do any output 600 or input, but you may use this module for any application which 601 requires a sound card (like RealPlayer). 602 603 pcm_devs - Number of PCM devices assigned to each card 604 (default = 1, up to 4) 605 pcm_substreams - Number of PCM substreams assigned to each PCM 606 (default = 8, up to 128) 607 hrtimer - Use hrtimer (=1, default) or system timer (=0) 608 fake_buffer - Fake buffer allocations (default = 1) 609 610 When multiple PCM devices are created, snd-dummy gives different 611 behavior to each PCM device: 612 0 = interleaved with mmap support 613 1 = non-interleaved with mmap support 614 2 = interleaved without mmap 615 3 = non-interleaved without mmap 616 617 As default, snd-dummy drivers doesn't allocate the real buffers 618 but either ignores read/write or mmap a single dummy page to all 619 buffer pages, in order to save the resouces. If your apps need 620 the read/ written buffer data to be consistent, pass fake_buffer=0 621 option. 622 623 The power-management is supported. 624 625 Module snd-echo3g 626 ----------------- 627 628 Module for Echoaudio 3G cards (Gina3G/Layla3G) 629 630 This module supports multiple cards. 631 The driver requires the firmware loader support on kernel. 632 633 Module snd-emu10k1 634 ------------------ 635 636 Module for EMU10K1/EMU10k2 based PCI sound cards. 637 * Sound Blaster Live! 638 * Sound Blaster PCI 512 639 * Emu APS (partially supported) 640 * Sound Blaster Audigy 641 642 extin - bitmap of available external inputs for FX8010 (see bellow) 643 extout - bitmap of available external outputs for FX8010 (see bellow) 644 seq_ports - allocated sequencer ports (4 by default) 645 max_synth_voices - limit of voices used for wavetable (64 by default) 646 max_buffer_size - specifies the maximum size of wavetable/pcm buffers 647 given in MB unit. Default value is 128. 648 enable_ir - enable IR 649 650 This module supports multiple cards and autoprobe. 651 652 Input & Output configurations [extin/extout] 653 * Creative Card wo/Digital out [0x0003/0x1f03] 654 * Creative Card w/Digital out [0x0003/0x1f0f] 655 * Creative Card w/Digital CD in [0x000f/0x1f0f] 656 * Creative Card wo/Digital out + LiveDrive [0x3fc3/0x1fc3] 657 * Creative Card w/Digital out + LiveDrive [0x3fc3/0x1fcf] 658 * Creative Card w/Digital CD in + LiveDrive [0x3fcf/0x1fcf] 659 * Creative Card wo/Digital out + Digital I/O 2 [0x0fc3/0x1f0f] 660 * Creative Card w/Digital out + Digital I/O 2 [0x0fc3/0x1f0f] 661 * Creative Card w/Digital CD in + Digital I/O 2 [0x0fcf/0x1f0f] 662 * Creative Card 5.1/w Digital out + LiveDrive [0x3fc3/0x1fff] 663 * Creative Card 5.1 (c) 2003 [0x3fc3/0x7cff] 664 * Creative Card all ins and outs [0x3fff/0x7fff] 665 666 The power-management is supported. 667 668 Module snd-emu10k1x 669 ------------------- 670 671 Module for Creative Emu10k1X (SB Live Dell OEM version) 672 673 This module supports multiple cards. 674 675 Module snd-ens1370 676 ------------------ 677 678 Module for Ensoniq AudioPCI ES1370 PCI sound cards. 679 * SoundBlaster PCI 64 680 * SoundBlaster PCI 128 681 682 joystick - Enable joystick (default off) 683 684 This module supports multiple cards and autoprobe. 685 686 The power-management is supported. 687 688 Module snd-ens1371 689 ------------------ 690 691 Module for Ensoniq AudioPCI ES1371 PCI sound cards. 692 * SoundBlaster PCI 64 693 * SoundBlaster PCI 128 694 * SoundBlaster Vibra PCI 695 696 joystick_port - port # for joystick (0x200,0x208,0x210,0x218), 697 0 = disable (default), 1 = auto-detect 698 699 This module supports multiple cards and autoprobe. 700 701 The power-management is supported. 702 703 Module snd-es1688 704 ----------------- 705 706 Module for ESS AudioDrive ES-1688 and ES-688 sound cards. 707 708 isapnp - ISA PnP detection - 0 = disable, 1 = enable (default) 709 mpu_port - port # for MPU-401 port (0x300,0x310,0x320,0x330), -1 = disable (default) 710 mpu_irq - IRQ # for MPU-401 port (5,7,9,10) 711 fm_port - port # for OPL3 (option; share the same port as default) 712 713 with isapnp=0, the following additional options are available: 714 port - port # for ES-1688 chip (0x220,0x240,0x260) 715 irq - IRQ # for ES-1688 chip (5,7,9,10) 716 dma8 - DMA # for ES-1688 chip (0,1,3) 717 718 This module supports multiple cards and autoprobe (without MPU-401 port) 719 and PnP with the ES968 chip. 720 721 Module snd-es18xx 722 ----------------- 723 724 Module for ESS AudioDrive ES-18xx sound cards. 725 726 isapnp - ISA PnP detection - 0 = disable, 1 = enable (default) 727 728 with isapnp=0, the following options are available: 729 730 port - port # for ES-18xx chip (0x220,0x240,0x260) 731 mpu_port - port # for MPU-401 port (0x300,0x310,0x320,0x330), -1 = disable (default) 732 fm_port - port # for FM (optional, not used) 733 irq - IRQ # for ES-18xx chip (5,7,9,10) 734 dma1 - first DMA # for ES-18xx chip (0,1,3) 735 dma2 - first DMA # for ES-18xx chip (0,1,3) 736 737 This module supports multiple cards, ISA PnP and autoprobe (without MPU-401 738 port if native ISA PnP routines are not used). 739 When dma2 is equal with dma1, the driver works as half-duplex. 740 741 The power-management is supported. 742 743 Module snd-es1938 744 ----------------- 745 746 Module for sound cards based on ESS Solo-1 (ES1938,ES1946) chips. 747 748 This module supports multiple cards and autoprobe. 749 750 The power-management is supported. 751 752 Module snd-es1968 753 ----------------- 754 755 Module for sound cards based on ESS Maestro-1/2/2E (ES1968/ES1978) chips. 756 757 total_bufsize - total buffer size in kB (1-4096kB) 758 pcm_substreams_p - playback channels (1-8, default=2) 759 pcm_substreams_c - capture channels (1-8, default=0) 760 clock - clock (0 = auto-detection) 761 use_pm - support the power-management (0 = off, 1 = on, 762 2 = auto (default)) 763 enable_mpu - enable MPU401 (0 = off, 1 = on, 2 = auto (default)) 764 joystick - enable joystick (default off) 765 766 This module supports multiple cards and autoprobe. 767 768 The power-management is supported. 769 770 Module snd-fm801 771 ---------------- 772 773 Module for ForteMedia FM801 based PCI sound cards. 774 775 tea575x_tuner - Enable TEA575x tuner 776 - 1 = MediaForte 256-PCS 777 - 2 = MediaForte 256-PCPR 778 - 3 = MediaForte 64-PCR 779 - High 16-bits are video (radio) device number + 1 780 - example: 0x10002 (MediaForte 256-PCPR, device 1) 781 782 This module supports multiple cards and autoprobe. 783 784 The power-management is supported. 785 786 Module snd-gina20 787 ----------------- 788 789 Module for Echoaudio Gina20 790 791 This module supports multiple cards. 792 The driver requires the firmware loader support on kernel. 793 794 Module snd-gina24 795 ----------------- 796 797 Module for Echoaudio Gina24 798 799 This module supports multiple cards. 800 The driver requires the firmware loader support on kernel. 801 802 Module snd-gusclassic 803 --------------------- 804 805 Module for Gravis UltraSound Classic sound card. 806 807 port - port # for GF1 chip (0x220,0x230,0x240,0x250,0x260) 808 irq - IRQ # for GF1 chip (3,5,9,11,12,15) 809 dma1 - DMA # for GF1 chip (1,3,5,6,7) 810 dma2 - DMA # for GF1 chip (1,3,5,6,7,-1=disable) 811 joystick_dac - 0 to 31, (0.59V-4.52V or 0.389V-2.98V) 812 voices - GF1 voices limit (14-32) 813 pcm_voices - reserved PCM voices 814 815 This module supports multiple cards and autoprobe. 816 817 Module snd-gusextreme 818 --------------------- 819 820 Module for Gravis UltraSound Extreme (Synergy ViperMax) sound card. 821 822 port - port # for ES-1688 chip (0x220,0x230,0x240,0x250,0x260) 823 gf1_port - port # for GF1 chip (0x210,0x220,0x230,0x240,0x250,0x260,0x270) 824 mpu_port - port # for MPU-401 port (0x300,0x310,0x320,0x330), -1 = disable 825 irq - IRQ # for ES-1688 chip (5,7,9,10) 826 gf1_irq - IRQ # for GF1 chip (3,5,9,11,12,15) 827 mpu_irq - IRQ # for MPU-401 port (5,7,9,10) 828 dma8 - DMA # for ES-1688 chip (0,1,3) 829 dma1 - DMA # for GF1 chip (1,3,5,6,7) 830 joystick_dac - 0 to 31, (0.59V-4.52V or 0.389V-2.98V) 831 voices - GF1 voices limit (14-32) 832 pcm_voices - reserved PCM voices 833 834 This module supports multiple cards and autoprobe (without MPU-401 port). 835 836 Module snd-gusmax 837 ----------------- 838 839 Module for Gravis UltraSound MAX sound card. 840 841 port - port # for GF1 chip (0x220,0x230,0x240,0x250,0x260) 842 irq - IRQ # for GF1 chip (3,5,9,11,12,15) 843 dma1 - DMA # for GF1 chip (1,3,5,6,7) 844 dma2 - DMA # for GF1 chip (1,3,5,6,7,-1=disable) 845 joystick_dac - 0 to 31, (0.59V-4.52V or 0.389V-2.98V) 846 voices - GF1 voices limit (14-32) 847 pcm_voices - reserved PCM voices 848 849 This module supports multiple cards and autoprobe. 850 851 Module snd-hda-intel 852 -------------------- 853 854 Module for Intel HD Audio (ICH6, ICH6M, ESB2, ICH7, ICH8, ICH9, ICH10, 855 PCH, SCH), 856 ATI SB450, SB600, R600, RS600, RS690, RS780, RV610, RV620, 857 RV630, RV635, RV670, RV770, 858 VIA VT8251/VT8237A, 859 SIS966, ULI M5461 860 861 [Multiple options for each card instance] 862 model - force the model name 863 position_fix - Fix DMA pointer (0 = auto, 1 = use LPIB, 2 = POSBUF) 864 probe_mask - Bitmask to probe codecs (default = -1, meaning all slots) 865 When the bit 8 (0x100) is set, the lower 8 bits are used 866 as the "fixed" codec slots; i.e. the driver probes the 867 slots regardless what hardware reports back 868 probe_only - Only probing and no codec initialization (default=off); 869 Useful to check the initial codec status for debugging 870 bdl_pos_adj - Specifies the DMA IRQ timing delay in samples. 871 Passing -1 will make the driver to choose the appropriate 872 value based on the controller chip. 873 patch - Specifies the early "patch" files to modify the HD-audio 874 setup before initializing the codecs. This option is 875 available only when CONFIG_SND_HDA_PATCH_LOADER=y is set. 876 See HD-Audio.txt for details. 877 beep_mode - Selects the beep registration mode (0=off, 1=on, 2= 878 dynamic registration via mute switch on/off); the default 879 value is set via CONFIG_SND_HDA_INPUT_BEEP_MODE kconfig. 880 881 [Single (global) options] 882 single_cmd - Use single immediate commands to communicate with 883 codecs (for debugging only) 884 enable_msi - Enable Message Signaled Interrupt (MSI) (default = off) 885 power_save - Automatic power-saving timeout (in second, 0 = 886 disable) 887 power_save_controller - Reset HD-audio controller in power-saving mode 888 (default = on) 889 align_buffer_size - Force rounding of buffer/period sizes to multiples 890 of 128 bytes. This is more efficient in terms of memory 891 access but isn't required by the HDA spec and prevents 892 users from specifying exact period/buffer sizes. 893 (default = on) 894 snoop - Enable/disable snooping (default = on) 895 896 This module supports multiple cards and autoprobe. 897 898 See Documentation/sound/alsa/HD-Audio.txt for more details about 899 HD-audio driver. 900 901 Each codec may have a model table for different configurations. 902 If your machine isn't listed there, the default (usually minimal) 903 configuration is set up. You can pass "model=<name>" option to 904 specify a certain model in such a case. There are different 905 models depending on the codec chip. The list of available models 906 is found in HD-Audio-Models.txt 907 908 The model name "genric" is treated as a special case. When this 909 model is given, the driver uses the generic codec parser without 910 "codec-patch". It's sometimes good for testing and debugging. 911 912 If the default configuration doesn't work and one of the above 913 matches with your device, report it together with alsa-info.sh 914 output (with --no-upload option) to kernel bugzilla or alsa-devel 915 ML (see the section "Links and Addresses"). 916 917 power_save and power_save_controller options are for power-saving 918 mode. See powersave.txt for details. 919 920 Note 2: If you get click noises on output, try the module option 921 position_fix=1 or 2. position_fix=1 will use the SD_LPIB 922 register value without FIFO size correction as the current 923 DMA pointer. position_fix=2 will make the driver to use 924 the position buffer instead of reading SD_LPIB register. 925 (Usually SD_LPIB register is more accurate than the 926 position buffer.) 927 928 NB: If you get many "azx_get_response timeout" messages at 929 loading, it's likely a problem of interrupts (e.g. ACPI irq 930 routing). Try to boot with options like "pci=noacpi". Also, you 931 can try "single_cmd=1" module option. This will switch the 932 communication method between HDA controller and codecs to the 933 single immediate commands instead of CORB/RIRB. Basically, the 934 single command mode is provided only for BIOS, and you won't get 935 unsolicited events, too. But, at least, this works independently 936 from the irq. Remember this is a last resort, and should be 937 avoided as much as possible... 938 939 MORE NOTES ON "azx_get_response timeout" PROBLEMS: 940 On some hardwares, you may need to add a proper probe_mask option 941 to avoid the "azx_get_response timeout" problem above, instead. 942 This occurs when the access to non-existing or non-working codec slot 943 (likely a modem one) causes a stall of the communication via HD-audio 944 bus. You can see which codec slots are probed by enabling 945 CONFIG_SND_DEBUG_VERBOSE, or simply from the file name of the codec 946 proc files. Then limit the slots to probe by probe_mask option. 947 For example, probe_mask=1 means to probe only the first slot, and 948 probe_mask=4 means only the third slot. 949 950 The power-management is supported. 951 952 Module snd-hdsp 953 --------------- 954 955 Module for RME Hammerfall DSP audio interface(s) 956 957 This module supports multiple cards. 958 959 Note: The firmware data can be automatically loaded via hotplug 960 when CONFIG_FW_LOADER is set. Otherwise, you need to load 961 the firmware via hdsploader utility included in alsa-tools 962 package. 963 The firmware data is found in alsa-firmware package. 964 965 Note: snd-page-alloc module does the job which snd-hammerfall-mem 966 module did formerly. It will allocate the buffers in advance 967 when any HDSP cards are found. To make the buffer 968 allocation sure, load snd-page-alloc module in the early 969 stage of boot sequence. See "Early Buffer Allocation" 970 section. 971 972 Module snd-hdspm 973 ---------------- 974 975 Module for RME HDSP MADI board. 976 977 precise_ptr - Enable precise pointer, or disable. 978 line_outs_monitor - Send playback streams to analog outs by default. 979 enable_monitor - Enable Analog Out on Channel 63/64 by default. 980 981 See hdspm.txt for details. 982 983 Module snd-ice1712 984 ------------------ 985 986 Module for Envy24 (ICE1712) based PCI sound cards. 987 * MidiMan M Audio Delta 1010 988 * MidiMan M Audio Delta 1010LT 989 * MidiMan M Audio Delta DiO 2496 990 * MidiMan M Audio Delta 66 991 * MidiMan M Audio Delta 44 992 * MidiMan M Audio Delta 410 993 * MidiMan M Audio Audiophile 2496 994 * TerraTec EWS 88MT 995 * TerraTec EWS 88D 996 * TerraTec EWX 24/96 997 * TerraTec DMX 6Fire 998 * TerraTec Phase 88 999 * Hoontech SoundTrack DSP 24 1000 * Hoontech SoundTrack DSP 24 Value 1001 * Hoontech SoundTrack DSP 24 Media 7.1 1002 * Event Electronics, EZ8 1003 * Digigram VX442 1004 * Lionstracs, Mediastaton 1005 * Terrasoniq TS 88 1006 1007 model - Use the given board model, one of the following: 1008 delta1010, dio2496, delta66, delta44, audiophile, delta410, 1009 delta1010lt, vx442, ewx2496, ews88mt, ews88mt_new, ews88d, 1010 dmx6fire, dsp24, dsp24_value, dsp24_71, ez8, 1011 phase88, mediastation 1012 omni - Omni I/O support for MidiMan M-Audio Delta44/66 1013 cs8427_timeout - reset timeout for the CS8427 chip (S/PDIF transceiver) 1014 in msec resolution, default value is 500 (0.5 sec) 1015 1016 This module supports multiple cards and autoprobe. Note: The consumer part 1017 is not used with all Envy24 based cards (for example in the MidiMan Delta 1018 serie). 1019 1020 Note: The supported board is detected by reading EEPROM or PCI 1021 SSID (if EEPROM isn't available). You can override the 1022 model by passing "model" module option in case that the 1023 driver isn't configured properly or you want to try another 1024 type for testing. 1025 1026 Module snd-ice1724 1027 ------------------ 1028 1029 Module for Envy24HT (VT/ICE1724), Envy24PT (VT1720) based PCI sound cards. 1030 * MidiMan M Audio Revolution 5.1 1031 * MidiMan M Audio Revolution 7.1 1032 * MidiMan M Audio Audiophile 192 1033 * AMP Ltd AUDIO2000 1034 * TerraTec Aureon 5.1 Sky 1035 * TerraTec Aureon 7.1 Space 1036 * TerraTec Aureon 7.1 Universe 1037 * TerraTec Phase 22 1038 * TerraTec Phase 28 1039 * AudioTrak Prodigy 7.1 1040 * AudioTrak Prodigy 7.1 LT 1041 * AudioTrak Prodigy 7.1 XT 1042 * AudioTrak Prodigy 7.1 HIFI 1043 * AudioTrak Prodigy 7.1 HD2 1044 * AudioTrak Prodigy 192 1045 * Pontis MS300 1046 * Albatron K8X800 Pro II 1047 * Chaintech ZNF3-150 1048 * Chaintech ZNF3-250 1049 * Chaintech 9CJS 1050 * Chaintech AV-710 1051 * Shuttle SN25P 1052 * Onkyo SE-90PCI 1053 * Onkyo SE-200PCI 1054 * ESI Juli@ 1055 * ESI Maya44 1056 * Hercules Fortissimo IV 1057 * EGO-SYS WaveTerminal 192M 1058 1059 model - Use the given board model, one of the following: 1060 revo51, revo71, amp2000, prodigy71, prodigy71lt, 1061 prodigy71xt, prodigy71hifi, prodigyhd2, prodigy192, 1062 juli, aureon51, aureon71, universe, ap192, k8x800, 1063 phase22, phase28, ms300, av710, se200pci, se90pci, 1064 fortissimo4, sn25p, WT192M, maya44 1065 1066 This module supports multiple cards and autoprobe. 1067 1068 Note: The supported board is detected by reading EEPROM or PCI 1069 SSID (if EEPROM isn't available). You can override the 1070 model by passing "model" module option in case that the 1071 driver isn't configured properly or you want to try another 1072 type for testing. 1073 1074 Module snd-indigo 1075 ----------------- 1076 1077 Module for Echoaudio Indigo 1078 1079 This module supports multiple cards. 1080 The driver requires the firmware loader support on kernel. 1081 1082 Module snd-indigodj 1083 ------------------- 1084 1085 Module for Echoaudio Indigo DJ 1086 1087 This module supports multiple cards. 1088 The driver requires the firmware loader support on kernel. 1089 1090 Module snd-indigoio 1091 ------------------- 1092 1093 Module for Echoaudio Indigo IO 1094 1095 This module supports multiple cards. 1096 The driver requires the firmware loader support on kernel. 1097 1098 Module snd-intel8x0 1099 ------------------- 1100 1101 Module for AC'97 motherboards from Intel and compatibles. 1102 * Intel i810/810E, i815, i820, i830, i84x, MX440 1103 ICH5, ICH6, ICH7, 6300ESB, ESB2 1104 * SiS 7012 (SiS 735) 1105 * NVidia NForce, NForce2, NForce3, MCP04, CK804 1106 CK8, CK8S, MCP501 1107 * AMD AMD768, AMD8111 1108 * ALi m5455 1109 1110 ac97_clock - AC'97 codec clock base (0 = auto-detect) 1111 ac97_quirk - AC'97 workaround for strange hardware 1112 See "AC97 Quirk Option" section below. 1113 buggy_irq - Enable workaround for buggy interrupts on some 1114 motherboards (default yes on nForce chips, 1115 otherwise off) 1116 buggy_semaphore - Enable workaround for hardwares with buggy 1117 semaphores (e.g. on some ASUS laptops) 1118 (default off) 1119 spdif_aclink - Use S/PDIF over AC-link instead of direct connection 1120 from the controller chip 1121 (0 = off, 1 = on, -1 = default) 1122 1123 This module supports one chip and autoprobe. 1124 1125 Note: the latest driver supports auto-detection of chip clock. 1126 if you still encounter too fast playback, specify the clock 1127 explicitly via the module option "ac97_clock=41194". 1128 1129 Joystick/MIDI ports are not supported by this driver. If your 1130 motherboard has these devices, use the ns558 or snd-mpu401 1131 modules, respectively. 1132 1133 The power-management is supported. 1134 1135 Module snd-intel8x0m 1136 -------------------- 1137 1138 Module for Intel ICH (i8x0) chipset MC97 modems. 1139 * Intel i810/810E, i815, i820, i830, i84x, MX440 1140 ICH5, ICH6, ICH7 1141 * SiS 7013 (SiS 735) 1142 * NVidia NForce, NForce2, NForce2s, NForce3 1143 * AMD AMD8111 1144 * ALi m5455 1145 1146 ac97_clock - AC'97 codec clock base (0 = auto-detect) 1147 1148 This module supports one card and autoprobe. 1149 1150 Note: The default index value of this module is -2, i.e. the first 1151 slot is excluded. 1152 1153 The power-management is supported. 1154 1155 Module snd-interwave 1156 -------------------- 1157 1158 Module for Gravis UltraSound PnP, Dynasonic 3-D/Pro, STB Sound Rage 32 1159 and other sound cards based on AMD InterWave (tm) chip. 1160 1161 joystick_dac - 0 to 31, (0.59V-4.52V or 0.389V-2.98V) 1162 midi - 1 = MIDI UART enable, 0 = MIDI UART disable (default) 1163 pcm_voices - reserved PCM voices for the synthesizer (default 2) 1164 effect - 1 = InterWave effects enable (default 0); 1165 requires 8 voices 1166 isapnp - ISA PnP detection - 0 = disable, 1 = enable (default) 1167 1168 with isapnp=0, the following options are available: 1169 1170 port - port # for InterWave chip (0x210,0x220,0x230,0x240,0x250,0x260) 1171 irq - IRQ # for InterWave chip (3,5,9,11,12,15) 1172 dma1 - DMA # for InterWave chip (0,1,3,5,6,7) 1173 dma2 - DMA # for InterWave chip (0,1,3,5,6,7,-1=disable) 1174 1175 This module supports multiple cards, autoprobe and ISA PnP. 1176 1177 Module snd-interwave-stb 1178 ------------------------ 1179 1180 Module for UltraSound 32-Pro (sound card from STB used by Compaq) 1181 and other sound cards based on AMD InterWave (tm) chip with TEA6330T 1182 circuit for extended control of bass, treble and master volume. 1183 1184 joystick_dac - 0 to 31, (0.59V-4.52V or 0.389V-2.98V) 1185 midi - 1 = MIDI UART enable, 0 = MIDI UART disable (default) 1186 pcm_voices - reserved PCM voices for the synthesizer (default 2) 1187 effect - 1 = InterWave effects enable (default 0); 1188 requires 8 voices 1189 isapnp - ISA PnP detection - 0 = disable, 1 = enable (default) 1190 1191 with isapnp=0, the following options are available: 1192 1193 port - port # for InterWave chip (0x210,0x220,0x230,0x240,0x250,0x260) 1194 port_tc - tone control (i2c bus) port # for TEA6330T chip (0x350,0x360,0x370,0x380) 1195 irq - IRQ # for InterWave chip (3,5,9,11,12,15) 1196 dma1 - DMA # for InterWave chip (0,1,3,5,6,7) 1197 dma2 - DMA # for InterWave chip (0,1,3,5,6,7,-1=disable) 1198 1199 This module supports multiple cards, autoprobe and ISA PnP. 1200 1201 Module snd-jazz16 1202 ------------------- 1203 1204 Module for Media Vision Jazz16 chipset. The chipset consists of 3 chips: 1205 MVD1216 + MVA416 + MVA514. 1206 1207 port - port # for SB DSP chip (0x210,0x220,0x230,0x240,0x250,0x260) 1208 irq - IRQ # for SB DSP chip (3,5,7,9,10,15) 1209 dma8 - DMA # for SB DSP chip (1,3) 1210 dma16 - DMA # for SB DSP chip (5,7) 1211 mpu_port - MPU-401 port # (0x300,0x310,0x320,0x330) 1212 mpu_irq - MPU-401 irq # (2,3,5,7) 1213 1214 This module supports multiple cards. 1215 1216 Module snd-korg1212 1217 ------------------- 1218 1219 Module for Korg 1212 IO PCI card 1220 1221 This module supports multiple cards. 1222 1223 Module snd-layla20 1224 ------------------ 1225 1226 Module for Echoaudio Layla20 1227 1228 This module supports multiple cards. 1229 The driver requires the firmware loader support on kernel. 1230 1231 Module snd-layla24 1232 ------------------ 1233 1234 Module for Echoaudio Layla24 1235 1236 This module supports multiple cards. 1237 The driver requires the firmware loader support on kernel. 1238 1239 Module snd-lola 1240 --------------- 1241 1242 Module for Digigram Lola PCI-e boards 1243 1244 This module supports multiple cards. 1245 1246 Module snd-lx6464es 1247 ------------------- 1248 1249 Module for Digigram LX6464ES boards 1250 1251 This module supports multiple cards. 1252 1253 Module snd-maestro3 1254 ------------------- 1255 1256 Module for Allegro/Maestro3 chips 1257 1258 external_amp - enable external amp (enabled by default) 1259 amp_gpio - GPIO pin number for external amp (0-15) or 1260 -1 for default pin (8 for allegro, 1 for 1261 others) 1262 1263 This module supports autoprobe and multiple chips. 1264 1265 Note: the binding of amplifier is dependent on hardware. 1266 If there is no sound even though all channels are unmuted, try to 1267 specify other gpio connection via amp_gpio option. 1268 For example, a Panasonic notebook might need "amp_gpio=0x0d" 1269 option. 1270 1271 The power-management is supported. 1272 1273 Module snd-mia 1274 --------------- 1275 1276 Module for Echoaudio Mia 1277 1278 This module supports multiple cards. 1279 The driver requires the firmware loader support on kernel. 1280 1281 Module snd-miro 1282 --------------- 1283 1284 Module for Miro soundcards: miroSOUND PCM 1 pro, 1285 miroSOUND PCM 12, 1286 miroSOUND PCM 20 Radio. 1287 1288 port - Port # (0x530,0x604,0xe80,0xf40) 1289 irq - IRQ # (5,7,9,10,11) 1290 dma1 - 1st dma # (0,1,3) 1291 dma2 - 2nd dma # (0,1) 1292 mpu_port - MPU-401 port # (0x300,0x310,0x320,0x330) 1293 mpu_irq - MPU-401 irq # (5,7,9,10) 1294 fm_port - FM Port # (0x388) 1295 wss - enable WSS mode 1296 ide - enable onboard ide support 1297 1298 Module snd-mixart 1299 ----------------- 1300 1301 Module for Digigram miXart8 sound cards. 1302 1303 This module supports multiple cards. 1304 Note: One miXart8 board will be represented as 4 alsa cards. 1305 See MIXART.txt for details. 1306 1307 When the driver is compiled as a module and the hotplug firmware 1308 is supported, the firmware data is loaded via hotplug automatically. 1309 Install the necessary firmware files in alsa-firmware package. 1310 When no hotplug fw loader is available, you need to load the 1311 firmware via mixartloader utility in alsa-tools package. 1312 1313 Module snd-mona 1314 --------------- 1315 1316 Module for Echoaudio Mona 1317 1318 This module supports multiple cards. 1319 The driver requires the firmware loader support on kernel. 1320 1321 Module snd-mpu401 1322 ----------------- 1323 1324 Module for MPU-401 UART devices. 1325 1326 port - port number or -1 (disable) 1327 irq - IRQ number or -1 (disable) 1328 pnp - PnP detection - 0 = disable, 1 = enable (default) 1329 1330 This module supports multiple devices and PnP. 1331 1332 Module snd-msnd-classic 1333 ----------------------- 1334 1335 Module for Turtle Beach MultiSound Classic, Tahiti or Monterey 1336 soundcards. 1337 1338 io - Port # for msnd-classic card 1339 irq - IRQ # for msnd-classic card 1340 mem - Memory address (0xb0000, 0xc8000, 0xd0000, 0xd8000, 1341 0xe0000 or 0xe8000) 1342 write_ndelay - enable write ndelay (default = 1) 1343 calibrate_signal - calibrate signal (default = 0) 1344 isapnp - ISA PnP detection - 0 = disable, 1 = enable (default) 1345 digital - Digital daughterboard present (default = 0) 1346 cfg - Config port (0x250, 0x260 or 0x270) default = PnP 1347 reset - Reset all devices 1348 mpu_io - MPU401 I/O port 1349 mpu_irq - MPU401 irq# 1350 ide_io0 - IDE port #0 1351 ide_io1 - IDE port #1 1352 ide_irq - IDE irq# 1353 joystick_io - Joystick I/O port 1354 1355 The driver requires firmware files "turtlebeach/msndinit.bin" and 1356 "turtlebeach/msndperm.bin" in the proper firmware directory. 1357 1358 See Documentation/sound/oss/MultiSound for important information 1359 about this driver. Note that it has been discontinued, but the 1360 Voyetra Turtle Beach knowledge base entry for it is still available 1361 at 1362 http://www.turtlebeach.com 1363 1364 Module snd-msnd-pinnacle 1365 ------------------------ 1366 1367 Module for Turtle Beach MultiSound Pinnacle/Fiji soundcards. 1368 1369 io - Port # for pinnacle/fiji card 1370 irq - IRQ # for pinnalce/fiji card 1371 mem - Memory address (0xb0000, 0xc8000, 0xd0000, 0xd8000, 1372 0xe0000 or 0xe8000) 1373 write_ndelay - enable write ndelay (default = 1) 1374 calibrate_signal - calibrate signal (default = 0) 1375 isapnp - ISA PnP detection - 0 = disable, 1 = enable (default) 1376 1377 The driver requires firmware files "turtlebeach/pndspini.bin" and 1378 "turtlebeach/pndsperm.bin" in the proper firmware directory. 1379 1380 Module snd-mtpav 1381 ---------------- 1382 1383 Module for MOTU MidiTimePiece AV multiport MIDI (on the parallel 1384 port). 1385 1386 port - I/O port # for MTPAV (0x378,0x278, default=0x378) 1387 irq - IRQ # for MTPAV (7,5, default=7) 1388 hwports - number of supported hardware ports, default=8. 1389 1390 Module supports only 1 card. This module has no enable option. 1391 1392 Module snd-mts64 1393 ---------------- 1394 1395 Module for Ego Systems (ESI) Miditerminal 4140 1396 1397 This module supports multiple devices. 1398 Requires parport (CONFIG_PARPORT). 1399 1400 Module snd-nm256 1401 ---------------- 1402 1403 Module for NeoMagic NM256AV/ZX chips 1404 1405 playback_bufsize - max playback frame size in kB (4-128kB) 1406 capture_bufsize - max capture frame size in kB (4-128kB) 1407 force_ac97 - 0 or 1 (disabled by default) 1408 buffer_top - specify buffer top address 1409 use_cache - 0 or 1 (disabled by default) 1410 vaio_hack - alias buffer_top=0x25a800 1411 reset_workaround - enable AC97 RESET workaround for some laptops 1412 reset_workaround2 - enable extended AC97 RESET workaround for some 1413 other laptops 1414 1415 This module supports one chip and autoprobe. 1416 1417 The power-management is supported. 1418 1419 Note: on some notebooks the buffer address cannot be detected 1420 automatically, or causes hang-up during initialization. 1421 In such a case, specify the buffer top address explicitly via 1422 the buffer_top option. 1423 For example, 1424 Sony F250: buffer_top=0x25a800 1425 Sony F270: buffer_top=0x272800 1426 The driver supports only ac97 codec. It's possible to force 1427 to initialize/use ac97 although it's not detected. In such a 1428 case, use force_ac97=1 option - but *NO* guarantee whether it 1429 works! 1430 1431 Note: The NM256 chip can be linked internally with non-AC97 1432 codecs. This driver supports only the AC97 codec, and won't work 1433 with machines with other (most likely CS423x or OPL3SAx) chips, 1434 even though the device is detected in lspci. In such a case, try 1435 other drivers, e.g. snd-cs4232 or snd-opl3sa2. Some has ISA-PnP 1436 but some doesn't have ISA PnP. You'll need to specify isapnp=0 1437 and proper hardware parameters in the case without ISA PnP. 1438 1439 Note: some laptops need a workaround for AC97 RESET. For the 1440 known hardware like Dell Latitude LS and Sony PCG-F305, this 1441 workaround is enabled automatically. For other laptops with a 1442 hard freeze, you can try reset_workaround=1 option. 1443 1444 Note: Dell Latitude CSx laptops have another problem regarding 1445 AC97 RESET. On these laptops, reset_workaround2 option is 1446 turned on as default. This option is worth to try if the 1447 previous reset_workaround option doesn't help. 1448 1449 Note: This driver is really crappy. It's a porting from the 1450 OSS driver, which is a result of black-magic reverse engineering. 1451 The detection of codec will fail if the driver is loaded *after* 1452 X-server as described above. You might be able to force to load 1453 the module, but it may result in hang-up. Hence, make sure that 1454 you load this module *before* X if you encounter this kind of 1455 problem. 1456 1457 Module snd-opl3sa2 1458 ------------------ 1459 1460 Module for Yamaha OPL3-SA2/SA3 sound cards. 1461 1462 isapnp - ISA PnP detection - 0 = disable, 1 = enable (default) 1463 1464 with isapnp=0, the following options are available: 1465 1466 port - control port # for OPL3-SA chip (0x370) 1467 sb_port - SB port # for OPL3-SA chip (0x220,0x240) 1468 wss_port - WSS port # for OPL3-SA chip (0x530,0xe80,0xf40,0x604) 1469 midi_port - port # for MPU-401 UART (0x300,0x330), -1 = disable 1470 fm_port - FM port # for OPL3-SA chip (0x388), -1 = disable 1471 irq - IRQ # for OPL3-SA chip (5,7,9,10) 1472 dma1 - first DMA # for Yamaha OPL3-SA chip (0,1,3) 1473 dma2 - second DMA # for Yamaha OPL3-SA chip (0,1,3), -1 = disable 1474 1475 This module supports multiple cards and ISA PnP. It does not support 1476 autoprobe (if ISA PnP is not used) thus all ports must be specified!!! 1477 1478 The power-management is supported. 1479 1480 Module snd-opti92x-ad1848 1481 ------------------------- 1482 1483 Module for sound cards based on OPTi 82c92x and Analog Devices AD1848 chips. 1484 Module works with OAK Mozart cards as well. 1485 1486 isapnp - ISA PnP detection - 0 = disable, 1 = enable (default) 1487 1488 with isapnp=0, the following options are available: 1489 1490 port - port # for WSS chip (0x530,0xe80,0xf40,0x604) 1491 mpu_port - port # for MPU-401 UART (0x300,0x310,0x320,0x330) 1492 fm_port - port # for OPL3 device (0x388) 1493 irq - IRQ # for WSS chip (5,7,9,10,11) 1494 mpu_irq - IRQ # for MPU-401 UART (5,7,9,10) 1495 dma1 - first DMA # for WSS chip (0,1,3) 1496 1497 This module supports only one card, autoprobe and PnP. 1498 1499 Module snd-opti92x-cs4231 1500 ------------------------- 1501 1502 Module for sound cards based on OPTi 82c92x and Crystal CS4231 chips. 1503 1504 isapnp - ISA PnP detection - 0 = disable, 1 = enable (default) 1505 1506 with isapnp=0, the following options are available: 1507 1508 port - port # for WSS chip (0x530,0xe80,0xf40,0x604) 1509 mpu_port - port # for MPU-401 UART (0x300,0x310,0x320,0x330) 1510 fm_port - port # for OPL3 device (0x388) 1511 irq - IRQ # for WSS chip (5,7,9,10,11) 1512 mpu_irq - IRQ # for MPU-401 UART (5,7,9,10) 1513 dma1 - first DMA # for WSS chip (0,1,3) 1514 dma2 - second DMA # for WSS chip (0,1,3) 1515 1516 This module supports only one card, autoprobe and PnP. 1517 1518 Module snd-opti93x 1519 ------------------ 1520 1521 Module for sound cards based on OPTi 82c93x chips. 1522 1523 isapnp - ISA PnP detection - 0 = disable, 1 = enable (default) 1524 1525 with isapnp=0, the following options are available: 1526 1527 port - port # for WSS chip (0x530,0xe80,0xf40,0x604) 1528 mpu_port - port # for MPU-401 UART (0x300,0x310,0x320,0x330) 1529 fm_port - port # for OPL3 device (0x388) 1530 irq - IRQ # for WSS chip (5,7,9,10,11) 1531 mpu_irq - IRQ # for MPU-401 UART (5,7,9,10) 1532 dma1 - first DMA # for WSS chip (0,1,3) 1533 dma2 - second DMA # for WSS chip (0,1,3) 1534 1535 This module supports only one card, autoprobe and PnP. 1536 1537 Module snd-oxygen 1538 ----------------- 1539 1540 Module for sound cards based on the C-Media CMI8786/8787/8788 chip: 1541 * Asound A-8788 1542 * Asus Xonar DG 1543 * AuzenTech X-Meridian 1544 * AuzenTech X-Meridian 2G 1545 * Bgears b-Enspirer 1546 * Club3D Theatron DTS 1547 * HT-Omega Claro (plus) 1548 * HT-Omega Claro halo (XT) 1549 * Kuroutoshikou CMI8787-HG2PCI 1550 * Razer Barracuda AC-1 1551 * Sondigo Inferno 1552 * TempoTec HiFier Fantasia 1553 * TempoTec HiFier Serenade 1554 1555 This module supports autoprobe and multiple cards. 1556 1557 Module snd-pcsp 1558 ----------------- 1559 1560 Module for internal PC-Speaker. 1561 1562 nopcm - Disable PC-Speaker PCM sound. Only beeps remain. 1563 nforce_wa - enable NForce chipset workaround. Expect bad sound. 1564 1565 This module supports system beeps, some kind of PCM playback and 1566 even a few mixer controls. 1567 1568 Module snd-pcxhr 1569 ---------------- 1570 1571 Module for Digigram PCXHR boards 1572 1573 This module supports multiple cards. 1574 1575 Module snd-portman2x4 1576 --------------------- 1577 1578 Module for Midiman Portman 2x4 parallel port MIDI interface 1579 1580 This module supports multiple cards. 1581 1582 Module snd-powermac (on ppc only) 1583 --------------------------------- 1584 1585 Module for PowerMac, iMac and iBook on-board soundchips 1586 1587 enable_beep - enable beep using PCM (enabled as default) 1588 1589 Module supports autoprobe a chip. 1590 1591 Note: the driver may have problems regarding endianess. 1592 1593 The power-management is supported. 1594 1595 Module snd-pxa2xx-ac97 (on arm only) 1596 ------------------------------------ 1597 1598 Module for AC97 driver for the Intel PXA2xx chip 1599 1600 For ARM architecture only. 1601 1602 The power-management is supported. 1603 1604 Module snd-riptide 1605 ------------------ 1606 1607 Module for Conexant Riptide chip 1608 1609 joystick_port - Joystick port # (default: 0x200) 1610 mpu_port - MPU401 port # (default: 0x330) 1611 opl3_port - OPL3 port # (default: 0x388) 1612 1613 This module supports multiple cards. 1614 The driver requires the firmware loader support on kernel. 1615 You need to install the firmware file "riptide.hex" to the standard 1616 firmware path (e.g. /lib/firmware). 1617 1618 Module snd-rme32 1619 ---------------- 1620 1621 Module for RME Digi32, Digi32 Pro and Digi32/8 (Sek'd Prodif32, 1622 Prodif96 and Prodif Gold) sound cards. 1623 1624 This module supports multiple cards. 1625 1626 Module snd-rme96 1627 ---------------- 1628 1629 Module for RME Digi96, Digi96/8 and Digi96/8 PRO/PAD/PST sound cards. 1630 1631 This module supports multiple cards. 1632 1633 Module snd-rme9652 1634 ------------------ 1635 1636 Module for RME Digi9652 (Hammerfall, Hammerfall-Light) sound cards. 1637 1638 precise_ptr - Enable precise pointer (doesn't work reliably). 1639 (default = 0) 1640 1641 This module supports multiple cards. 1642 1643 Note: snd-page-alloc module does the job which snd-hammerfall-mem 1644 module did formerly. It will allocate the buffers in advance 1645 when any RME9652 cards are found. To make the buffer 1646 allocation sure, load snd-page-alloc module in the early 1647 stage of boot sequence. See "Early Buffer Allocation" 1648 section. 1649 1650 Module snd-sa11xx-uda1341 (on arm only) 1651 --------------------------------------- 1652 1653 Module for Philips UDA1341TS on Compaq iPAQ H3600 sound card. 1654 1655 Module supports only one card. 1656 Module has no enable and index options. 1657 1658 The power-management is supported. 1659 1660 Module snd-sb8 1661 -------------- 1662 1663 Module for 8-bit SoundBlaster cards: SoundBlaster 1.0, 1664 SoundBlaster 2.0, 1665 SoundBlaster Pro 1666 1667 port - port # for SB DSP chip (0x220,0x240,0x260) 1668 irq - IRQ # for SB DSP chip (5,7,9,10) 1669 dma8 - DMA # for SB DSP chip (1,3) 1670 1671 This module supports multiple cards and autoprobe. 1672 1673 The power-management is supported. 1674 1675 Module snd-sb16 and snd-sbawe 1676 ----------------------------- 1677 1678 Module for 16-bit SoundBlaster cards: SoundBlaster 16 (PnP), 1679 SoundBlaster AWE 32 (PnP), 1680 SoundBlaster AWE 64 PnP 1681 1682 mic_agc - Mic Auto-Gain-Control - 0 = disable, 1 = enable (default) 1683 csp - ASP/CSP chip support - 0 = disable (default), 1 = enable 1684 isapnp - ISA PnP detection - 0 = disable, 1 = enable (default) 1685 1686 with isapnp=0, the following options are available: 1687 1688 port - port # for SB DSP 4.x chip (0x220,0x240,0x260) 1689 mpu_port - port # for MPU-401 UART (0x300,0x330), -1 = disable 1690 awe_port - base port # for EMU8000 synthesizer (0x620,0x640,0x660) 1691 (snd-sbawe module only) 1692 irq - IRQ # for SB DSP 4.x chip (5,7,9,10) 1693 dma8 - 8-bit DMA # for SB DSP 4.x chip (0,1,3) 1694 dma16 - 16-bit DMA # for SB DSP 4.x chip (5,6,7) 1695 1696 This module supports multiple cards, autoprobe and ISA PnP. 1697 1698 Note: To use Vibra16X cards in 16-bit half duplex mode, you must 1699 disable 16bit DMA with dma16 = -1 module parameter. 1700 Also, all Sound Blaster 16 type cards can operate in 16-bit 1701 half duplex mode through 8-bit DMA channel by disabling their 1702 16-bit DMA channel. 1703 1704 The power-management is supported. 1705 1706 Module snd-sc6000 1707 ----------------- 1708 1709 Module for Gallant SC-6000 soundcard and later models: SC-6600 1710 and SC-7000. 1711 1712 port - Port # (0x220 or 0x240) 1713 mss_port - MSS Port # (0x530 or 0xe80) 1714 irq - IRQ # (5,7,9,10,11) 1715 mpu_irq - MPU-401 IRQ # (5,7,9,10) ,0 - no MPU-401 irq 1716 dma - DMA # (1,3,0) 1717 joystick - Enable gameport - 0 = disable (default), 1 = enable 1718 1719 This module supports multiple cards. 1720 1721 This card is also known as Audio Excel DSP 16 or Zoltrix AV302. 1722 1723 Module snd-sscape 1724 ----------------- 1725 1726 Module for ENSONIQ SoundScape cards. 1727 1728 port - Port # (PnP setup) 1729 wss_port - WSS Port # (PnP setup) 1730 irq - IRQ # (PnP setup) 1731 mpu_irq - MPU-401 IRQ # (PnP setup) 1732 dma - DMA # (PnP setup) 1733 dma2 - 2nd DMA # (PnP setup, -1 to disable) 1734 joystick - Enable gameport - 0 = disable (default), 1 = enable 1735 1736 This module supports multiple cards. 1737 1738 The driver requires the firmware loader support on kernel. 1739 1740 Module snd-sun-amd7930 (on sparc only) 1741 -------------------------------------- 1742 1743 Module for AMD7930 sound chips found on Sparcs. 1744 1745 This module supports multiple cards. 1746 1747 Module snd-sun-cs4231 (on sparc only) 1748 ------------------------------------- 1749 1750 Module for CS4231 sound chips found on Sparcs. 1751 1752 This module supports multiple cards. 1753 1754 Module snd-sun-dbri (on sparc only) 1755 ----------------------------------- 1756 1757 Module for DBRI sound chips found on Sparcs. 1758 1759 This module supports multiple cards. 1760 1761 Module snd-wavefront 1762 -------------------- 1763 1764 Module for Turtle Beach Maui, Tropez and Tropez+ sound cards. 1765 1766 use_cs4232_midi - Use CS4232 MPU-401 interface 1767 (inaccessibly located inside your computer) 1768 isapnp - ISA PnP detection - 0 = disable, 1 = enable (default) 1769 1770 with isapnp=0, the following options are available: 1771 1772 cs4232_pcm_port - Port # for CS4232 PCM interface. 1773 cs4232_pcm_irq - IRQ # for CS4232 PCM interface (5,7,9,11,12,15). 1774 cs4232_mpu_port - Port # for CS4232 MPU-401 interface. 1775 cs4232_mpu_irq - IRQ # for CS4232 MPU-401 interface (9,11,12,15). 1776 ics2115_port - Port # for ICS2115 1777 ics2115_irq - IRQ # for ICS2115 1778 fm_port - FM OPL-3 Port # 1779 dma1 - DMA1 # for CS4232 PCM interface. 1780 dma2 - DMA2 # for CS4232 PCM interface. 1781 1782 The below are options for wavefront_synth features: 1783 wf_raw - Assume that we need to boot the OS (default:no) 1784 If yes, then during driver loading, the state of the board is 1785 ignored, and we reset the board and load the firmware anyway. 1786 fx_raw - Assume that the FX process needs help (default:yes) 1787 If false, we'll leave the FX processor in whatever state it is 1788 when the driver is loaded. The default is to download the 1789 microprogram and associated coefficients to set it up for 1790 "default" operation, whatever that means. 1791 debug_default - Debug parameters for card initialization 1792 wait_usecs - How long to wait without sleeping, usecs 1793 (default:150) 1794 This magic number seems to give pretty optimal throughput 1795 based on my limited experimentation. 1796 If you want to play around with it and find a better value, be 1797 my guest. Remember, the idea is to get a number that causes us 1798 to just busy wait for as many WaveFront commands as possible, 1799 without coming up with a number so large that we hog the whole 1800 CPU. 1801 Specifically, with this number, out of about 134,000 status 1802 waits, only about 250 result in a sleep. 1803 sleep_interval - How long to sleep when waiting for reply 1804 (default: 100) 1805 sleep_tries - How many times to try sleeping during a wait 1806 (default: 50) 1807 ospath - Pathname to processed ICS2115 OS firmware 1808 (default:wavefront.os) 1809 The path name of the ISC2115 OS firmware. In the recent 1810 version, it's handled via firmware loader framework, so it 1811 must be installed in the proper path, typically, 1812 /lib/firmware. 1813 reset_time - How long to wait for a reset to take effect 1814 (default:2) 1815 ramcheck_time - How many seconds to wait for the RAM test 1816 (default:20) 1817 osrun_time - How many seconds to wait for the ICS2115 OS 1818 (default:10) 1819 1820 This module supports multiple cards and ISA PnP. 1821 1822 Note: the firmware file "wavefront.os" was located in the earlier 1823 version in /etc. Now it's loaded via firmware loader, and 1824 must be in the proper firmware path, such as /lib/firmware. 1825 Copy (or symlink) the file appropriately if you get an error 1826 regarding firmware downloading after upgrading the kernel. 1827 1828 Module snd-sonicvibes 1829 --------------------- 1830 1831 Module for S3 SonicVibes PCI sound cards. 1832 * PINE Schubert 32 PCI 1833 1834 reverb - Reverb Enable - 1 = enable, 0 = disable (default) 1835 - SoundCard must have onboard SRAM for this. 1836 mge - Mic Gain Enable - 1 = enable, 0 = disable (default) 1837 1838 This module supports multiple cards and autoprobe. 1839 1840 Module snd-serial-u16550 1841 ------------------------ 1842 1843 Module for UART16550A serial MIDI ports. 1844 1845 port - port # for UART16550A chip 1846 irq - IRQ # for UART16550A chip, -1 = poll mode 1847 speed - speed in bauds (9600,19200,38400,57600,115200) 1848 38400 = default 1849 base - base for divisor in bauds (57600,115200,230400,460800) 1850 115200 = default 1851 outs - number of MIDI ports in a serial port (1-4) 1852 1 = default 1853 adaptor - Type of adaptor. 1854 0 = Soundcanvas, 1 = MS-124T, 2 = MS-124W S/A, 1855 3 = MS-124W M/B, 4 = Generic 1856 1857 This module supports multiple cards. This module does not support autoprobe 1858 thus the main port must be specified!!! Other options are optional. 1859 1860 Module snd-trident 1861 ------------------ 1862 1863 Module for Trident 4DWave DX/NX sound cards. 1864 * Best Union Miss Melody 4DWave PCI 1865 * HIS 4DWave PCI 1866 * Warpspeed ONSpeed 4DWave PCI 1867 * AzTech PCI 64-Q3D 1868 * Addonics SV 750 1869 * CHIC True Sound 4Dwave 1870 * Shark Predator4D-PCI 1871 * Jaton SonicWave 4D 1872 * SiS SI7018 PCI Audio 1873 * Hoontech SoundTrack Digital 4DWave NX 1874 1875 pcm_channels - max channels (voices) reserved for PCM 1876 wavetable_size - max wavetable size in kB (4-?kb) 1877 1878 This module supports multiple cards and autoprobe. 1879 1880 The power-management is supported. 1881 1882 Module snd-ua101 1883 ---------------- 1884 1885 Module for the Edirol UA-101/UA-1000 audio/MIDI interfaces. 1886 1887 This module supports multiple devices, autoprobe and hotplugging. 1888 1889 Module snd-usb-audio 1890 -------------------- 1891 1892 Module for USB audio and USB MIDI devices. 1893 1894 vid - Vendor ID for the device (optional) 1895 pid - Product ID for the device (optional) 1896 nrpacks - Max. number of packets per URB (default: 8) 1897 async_unlink - Use async unlink mode (default: yes) 1898 device_setup - Device specific magic number (optional) 1899 - Influence depends on the device 1900 - Default: 0x0000 1901 ignore_ctl_error - Ignore any USB-controller regarding mixer 1902 interface (default: no) 1903 1904 This module supports multiple devices, autoprobe and hotplugging. 1905 1906 NB: nrpacks parameter can be modified dynamically via sysfs. 1907 Don't put the value over 20. Changing via sysfs has no sanity 1908 check. 1909 NB: async_unlink=0 would cause Oops. It remains just for 1910 debugging purpose (if any). 1911 NB: ignore_ctl_error=1 may help when you get an error at accessing 1912 the mixer element such as URB error -22. This happens on some 1913 buggy USB device or the controller. 1914 1915 Module snd-usb-caiaq 1916 -------------------- 1917 1918 Module for caiaq UB audio interfaces, 1919 * Native Instruments RigKontrol2 1920 * Native Instruments Kore Controller 1921 * Native Instruments Audio Kontrol 1 1922 * Native Instruments Audio 8 DJ 1923 1924 This module supports multiple devices, autoprobe and hotplugging. 1925 1926 Module snd-usb-usx2y 1927 -------------------- 1928 1929 Module for Tascam USB US-122, US-224 and US-428 devices. 1930 1931 This module supports multiple devices, autoprobe and hotplugging. 1932 1933 Note: you need to load the firmware via usx2yloader utility included 1934 in alsa-tools and alsa-firmware packages. 1935 1936 Module snd-via82xx 1937 ------------------ 1938 1939 Module for AC'97 motherboards based on VIA 82C686A/686B, 8233, 1940 8233A, 8233C, 8235, 8237 (south) bridge. 1941 1942 mpu_port - 0x300,0x310,0x320,0x330, otherwise obtain BIOS setup 1943 [VIA686A/686B only] 1944 joystick - Enable joystick (default off) [VIA686A/686B only] 1945 ac97_clock - AC'97 codec clock base (default 48000Hz) 1946 dxs_support - support DXS channels, 1947 0 = auto (default), 1 = enable, 2 = disable, 1948 3 = 48k only, 4 = no VRA, 5 = enable any sample 1949 rate and different sample rates on different 1950 channels 1951 [VIA8233/C, 8235, 8237 only] 1952 ac97_quirk - AC'97 workaround for strange hardware 1953 See "AC97 Quirk Option" section below. 1954 1955 This module supports one chip and autoprobe. 1956 1957 Note: on some SMP motherboards like MSI 694D the interrupts might 1958 not be generated properly. In such a case, please try to 1959 set the SMP (or MPS) version on BIOS to 1.1 instead of 1960 default value 1.4. Then the interrupt number will be 1961 assigned under 15. You might also upgrade your BIOS. 1962 1963 Note: VIA8233/5/7 (not VIA8233A) can support DXS (direct sound) 1964 channels as the first PCM. On these channels, up to 4 1965 streams can be played at the same time, and the controller 1966 can perform sample rate conversion with separate rates for 1967 each channel. 1968 As default (dxs_support = 0), 48k fixed rate is chosen 1969 except for the known devices since the output is often 1970 noisy except for 48k on some mother boards due to the 1971 bug of BIOS. 1972 Please try once dxs_support=5 and if it works on other 1973 sample rates (e.g. 44.1kHz of mp3 playback), please let us 1974 know the PCI subsystem vendor/device id's (output of 1975 "lspci -nv"). 1976 If dxs_support=5 does not work, try dxs_support=4; if it 1977 doesn't work too, try dxs_support=1. (dxs_support=1 is 1978 usually for old motherboards. The correct implemented 1979 board should work with 4 or 5.) If it still doesn't 1980 work and the default setting is ok, dxs_support=3 is the 1981 right choice. If the default setting doesn't work at all, 1982 try dxs_support=2 to disable the DXS channels. 1983 In any cases, please let us know the result and the 1984 subsystem vendor/device ids. See "Links and Addresses" 1985 below. 1986 1987 Note: for the MPU401 on VIA823x, use snd-mpu401 driver 1988 additionally. The mpu_port option is for VIA686 chips only. 1989 1990 The power-management is supported. 1991 1992 Module snd-via82xx-modem 1993 ------------------------ 1994 1995 Module for VIA82xx AC97 modem 1996 1997 ac97_clock - AC'97 codec clock base (default 48000Hz) 1998 1999 This module supports one card and autoprobe. 2000 2001 Note: The default index value of this module is -2, i.e. the first 2002 slot is excluded. 2003 2004 The power-management is supported. 2005 2006 Module snd-virmidi 2007 ------------------ 2008 2009 Module for virtual rawmidi devices. 2010 This module creates virtual rawmidi devices which communicate 2011 to the corresponding ALSA sequencer ports. 2012 2013 midi_devs - MIDI devices # (1-4, default=4) 2014 2015 This module supports multiple cards. 2016 2017 Module snd-virtuoso 2018 ------------------- 2019 2020 Module for sound cards based on the Asus AV66/AV100/AV200 chips, 2021 i.e., Xonar D1, DX, D2, D2X, DS, Essence ST (Deluxe), Essence STX, 2022 HDAV1.3 (Deluxe), and HDAV1.3 Slim. 2023 2024 This module supports autoprobe and multiple cards. 2025 2026 Module snd-vx222 2027 ---------------- 2028 2029 Module for Digigram VX-Pocket VX222, V222 v2 and Mic cards. 2030 2031 mic - Enable Microphone on V222 Mic (NYI) 2032 ibl - Capture IBL size. (default = 0, minimum size) 2033 2034 This module supports multiple cards. 2035 2036 When the driver is compiled as a module and the hotplug firmware 2037 is supported, the firmware data is loaded via hotplug automatically. 2038 Install the necessary firmware files in alsa-firmware package. 2039 When no hotplug fw loader is available, you need to load the 2040 firmware via vxloader utility in alsa-tools package. To invoke 2041 vxloader automatically, add the following to /etc/modprobe.conf 2042 2043 install snd-vx222 /sbin/modprobe --first-time -i snd-vx222 && /usr/bin/vxloader 2044 2045 (for 2.2/2.4 kernels, add "post-install /usr/bin/vxloader" to 2046 /etc/modules.conf, instead.) 2047 IBL size defines the interrupts period for PCM. The smaller size 2048 gives smaller latency but leads to more CPU consumption, too. 2049 The size is usually aligned to 126. As default (=0), the smallest 2050 size is chosen. The possible IBL values can be found in 2051 /proc/asound/cardX/vx-status proc file. 2052 2053 The power-management is supported. 2054 2055 Module snd-vxpocket 2056 ------------------- 2057 2058 Module for Digigram VX-Pocket VX2 and 440 PCMCIA cards. 2059 2060 ibl - Capture IBL size. (default = 0, minimum size) 2061 2062 This module supports multiple cards. The module is compiled only when 2063 PCMCIA is supported on kernel. 2064 2065 With the older 2.6.x kernel, to activate the driver via the card 2066 manager, you'll need to set up /etc/pcmcia/vxpocket.conf. See the 2067 sound/pcmcia/vx/vxpocket.c. 2.6.13 or later kernel requires no 2068 longer require a config file. 2069 2070 When the driver is compiled as a module and the hotplug firmware 2071 is supported, the firmware data is loaded via hotplug automatically. 2072 Install the necessary firmware files in alsa-firmware package. 2073 When no hotplug fw loader is available, you need to load the 2074 firmware via vxloader utility in alsa-tools package. 2075 2076 About capture IBL, see the description of snd-vx222 module. 2077 2078 Note: snd-vxp440 driver is merged to snd-vxpocket driver since 2079 ALSA 1.0.10. 2080 2081 The power-management is supported. 2082 2083 Module snd-ymfpci 2084 ----------------- 2085 2086 Module for Yamaha PCI chips (YMF72x, YMF74x & YMF75x). 2087 2088 mpu_port - 0x300,0x330,0x332,0x334, 0 (disable) by default, 2089 1 (auto-detect for YMF744/754 only) 2090 fm_port - 0x388,0x398,0x3a0,0x3a8, 0 (disable) by default 2091 1 (auto-detect for YMF744/754 only) 2092 joystick_port - 0x201,0x202,0x204,0x205, 0 (disable) by default, 2093 1 (auto-detect) 2094 rear_switch - enable shared rear/line-in switch (bool) 2095 2096 This module supports autoprobe and multiple chips. 2097 2098 The power-management is supported. 2099 2100 Module snd-pdaudiocf 2101 -------------------- 2102 2103 Module for Sound Core PDAudioCF sound card. 2104 2105 The power-management is supported. 2106 2107 2108AC97 Quirk Option 2109================= 2110 2111The ac97_quirk option is used to enable/override the workaround for 2112specific devices on drivers for on-board AC'97 controllers like 2113snd-intel8x0. Some hardware have swapped output pins between Master 2114and Headphone, or Surround (thanks to confusion of AC'97 2115specifications from version to version :-) 2116 2117The driver provides the auto-detection of known problematic devices, 2118but some might be unknown or wrongly detected. In such a case, pass 2119the proper value with this option. 2120 2121The following strings are accepted: 2122 - default Don't override the default setting 2123 - none Disable the quirk 2124 - hp_only Bind Master and Headphone controls as a single control 2125 - swap_hp Swap headphone and master controls 2126 - swap_surround Swap master and surround controls 2127 - ad_sharing For AD1985, turn on OMS bit and use headphone 2128 - alc_jack For ALC65x, turn on the jack sense mode 2129 - inv_eapd Inverted EAPD implementation 2130 - mute_led Bind EAPD bit for turning on/off mute LED 2131 2132For backward compatibility, the corresponding integer value -1, 0, 2133... are accepted, too. 2134 2135For example, if "Master" volume control has no effect on your device 2136but only "Headphone" does, pass ac97_quirk=hp_only module option. 2137 2138 2139Configuring Non-ISAPNP Cards 2140============================ 2141 2142When the kernel is configured with ISA-PnP support, the modules 2143supporting the isapnp cards will have module options "isapnp". 2144If this option is set, *only* the ISA-PnP devices will be probed. 2145For probing the non ISA-PnP cards, you have to pass "isapnp=0" option 2146together with the proper i/o and irq configuration. 2147 2148When the kernel is configured without ISA-PnP support, isapnp option 2149will be not built in. 2150 2151 2152Module Autoloading Support 2153========================== 2154 2155The ALSA drivers can be loaded automatically on demand by defining 2156module aliases. The string 'snd-card-%1' is requested for ALSA native 2157devices where %i is sound card number from zero to seven. 2158 2159To auto-load an ALSA driver for OSS services, define the string 2160'sound-slot-%i' where %i means the slot number for OSS, which 2161corresponds to the card index of ALSA. Usually, define this 2162as the same card module. 2163 2164An example configuration for a single emu10k1 card is like below: 2165----- /etc/modprobe.conf 2166alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1 2167alias sound-slot-0 snd-emu10k1 2168----- /etc/modprobe.conf 2169 2170The available number of auto-loaded sound cards depends on the module 2171option "cards_limit" of snd module. As default it's set to 1. 2172To enable the auto-loading of multiple cards, specify the number of 2173sound cards in that option. 2174 2175When multiple cards are available, it'd better to specify the index 2176number for each card via module option, too, so that the order of 2177cards is kept consistent. 2178 2179An example configuration for two sound cards is like below: 2180 2181----- /etc/modprobe.conf 2182# ALSA portion 2183options snd cards_limit=2 2184alias snd-card-0 snd-interwave 2185alias snd-card-1 snd-ens1371 2186options snd-interwave index=0 2187options snd-ens1371 index=1 2188# OSS/Free portion 2189alias sound-slot-0 snd-interwave 2190alias sound-slot-1 snd-ens1371 2191----- /etc/modprobe.conf 2192 2193In this example, the interwave card is always loaded as the first card 2194(index 0) and ens1371 as the second (index 1). 2195 2196Alternative (and new) way to fixate the slot assignment is to use 2197"slots" option of snd module. In the case above, specify like the 2198following: 2199 2200options snd slots=snd-interwave,snd-ens1371 2201 2202Then, the first slot (#0) is reserved for snd-interwave driver, and 2203the second (#1) for snd-ens1371. You can omit index option in each 2204driver if slots option is used (although you can still have them at 2205the same time as long as they don't conflict). 2206 2207The slots option is especially useful for avoiding the possible 2208hot-plugging and the resultant slot conflict. For example, in the 2209case above again, the first two slots are already reserved. If any 2210other driver (e.g. snd-usb-audio) is loaded before snd-interwave or 2211snd-ens1371, it will be assigned to the third or later slot. 2212 2213When a module name is given with '!', the slot will be given for any 2214modules but that name. For example, "slots=!snd-pcsp" will reserve 2215the first slot for any modules but snd-pcsp. 2216 2217 2218ALSA PCM devices to OSS devices mapping 2219======================================= 2220 2221/dev/snd/pcmC0D0[c|p] -> /dev/audio0 (/dev/audio) -> minor 4 2222/dev/snd/pcmC0D0[c|p] -> /dev/dsp0 (/dev/dsp) -> minor 3 2223/dev/snd/pcmC0D1[c|p] -> /dev/adsp0 (/dev/adsp) -> minor 12 2224/dev/snd/pcmC1D0[c|p] -> /dev/audio1 -> minor 4+16 = 20 2225/dev/snd/pcmC1D0[c|p] -> /dev/dsp1 -> minor 3+16 = 19 2226/dev/snd/pcmC1D1[c|p] -> /dev/adsp1 -> minor 12+16 = 28 2227/dev/snd/pcmC2D0[c|p] -> /dev/audio2 -> minor 4+32 = 36 2228/dev/snd/pcmC2D0[c|p] -> /dev/dsp2 -> minor 3+32 = 39 2229/dev/snd/pcmC2D1[c|p] -> /dev/adsp2 -> minor 12+32 = 44 2230 2231The first number from /dev/snd/pcmC{X}D{Y}[c|p] expression means 2232sound card number and second means device number. The ALSA devices 2233have either 'c' or 'p' suffix indicating the direction, capture and 2234playback, respectively. 2235 2236Please note that the device mapping above may be varied via the module 2237options of snd-pcm-oss module. 2238 2239 2240Proc interfaces (/proc/asound) 2241============================== 2242 2243/proc/asound/card#/pcm#[cp]/oss 2244------------------------------- 2245 String "erase" - erase all additional information about OSS applications 2246 String "<app_name> <fragments> <fragment_size> [<options>]" 2247 2248 <app_name> - name of application with (higher priority) or without path 2249 <fragments> - number of fragments or zero if auto 2250 <fragment_size> - size of fragment in bytes or zero if auto 2251 <options> - optional parameters 2252 - disable the application tries to open a pcm device for 2253 this channel but does not want to use it. 2254 (Cause a bug or mmap needs) 2255 It's good for Quake etc... 2256 - direct don't use plugins 2257 - block force block mode (rvplayer) 2258 - non-block force non-block mode 2259 - whole-frag write only whole fragments (optimization affecting 2260 playback only) 2261 - no-silence do not fill silence ahead to avoid clicks 2262 - buggy-ptr Returns the whitespace blocks in GETOPTR ioctl 2263 instead of filled blocks 2264 2265 Example: echo "x11amp 128 16384" > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/oss 2266 echo "squake 0 0 disable" > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0c/oss 2267 echo "rvplayer 0 0 block" > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/oss 2268 2269 2270Early Buffer Allocation 2271======================= 2272 2273Some drivers (e.g. hdsp) require the large contiguous buffers, and 2274sometimes it's too late to find such spaces when the driver module is 2275actually loaded due to memory fragmentation. You can pre-allocate the 2276PCM buffers by loading snd-page-alloc module and write commands to its 2277proc file in prior, for example, in the early boot stage like 2278/etc/init.d/*.local scripts. 2279 2280Reading the proc file /proc/drivers/snd-page-alloc shows the current 2281usage of page allocation. In writing, you can send the following 2282commands to the snd-page-alloc driver: 2283 2284 - add VENDOR DEVICE MASK SIZE BUFFERS 2285 2286 VENDOR and DEVICE are PCI vendor and device IDs. They take 2287 integer numbers (0x prefix is needed for the hex). 2288 MASK is the PCI DMA mask. Pass 0 if not restricted. 2289 SIZE is the size of each buffer to allocate. You can pass 2290 k and m suffix for KB and MB. The max number is 16MB. 2291 BUFFERS is the number of buffers to allocate. It must be greater 2292 than 0. The max number is 4. 2293 2294 - erase 2295 2296 This will erase the all pre-allocated buffers which are not in 2297 use. 2298 2299 2300Links and Addresses 2301=================== 2302 2303 ALSA project homepage 2304 http://www.alsa-project.org 2305 2306 Kernel Bugzilla 2307 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/ 2308 2309 ALSA Developers ML 2310 mailto:alsa-devel@alsa-project.org 2311 2312 alsa-info.sh script 2313 http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh 2314