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author | Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> | 2005-05-24 10:40:49 +0200 |
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committer | Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz> | 2005-05-29 10:14:36 +0200 |
commit | d6e33796b5857adf418b07f8f7ce65f46163b2f1 (patch) | |
tree | 1662cf83607388105774b27c7f94333a95421d21 /Documentation/sound/alsa | |
parent | e6e514fa825be7362a955ba43d6fd18896d375c2 (diff) |
[ALSA] cmipci: Fix obsolete description
Documentation
Fixed obsolete description about CMIPCI driver.
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sound/alsa')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sound/alsa/CMIPCI.txt | 41 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/CMIPCI.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/CMIPCI.txt index 4a7df771b80..1872e24442a 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/CMIPCI.txt +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/CMIPCI.txt @@ -89,19 +89,22 @@ and use the interleaved 4 channel data. There are some control switchs affecting to the speaker connections: -"Line-In As Rear" - As mentioned above, the line-in jack is used - for the rear (3th and 4th channels) output. -"Line-In As Bass" - The line-in jack is used for the bass (5th - and 6th channels) output. -"Mic As Center/LFE" - The mic jack is used for the bass output. - If this switch is on, you cannot use a microphone as a capture - source, of course. - +"Line-In Mode" - an enum control to change the behavior of line-in + jack. Either "Line-In", "Rear Output" or "Bass Output" can + be selected. The last item is available only with model 039 + or newer. + When "Rear Output" is chosen, the surround channels 3 and 4 + are output to line-in jack. +"Mic-In Mode" - an enum control to change the behavior of mic-in + jack. Either "Mic-In" or "Center/LFE Output" can be + selected. + When "Center/LFE Output" is chosen, the center and bass + channels (channels 5 and 6) are output to mic-in jack. Digital I/O ----------- -The CM8x38 provides the excellent SPDIF capability with very chip +The CM8x38 provides the excellent SPDIF capability with very cheap price (yes, that's the reason I bought the card :) The SPDIF playback and capture are done via the third PCM device @@ -122,8 +125,9 @@ respectively, so you cannot playback both analog and digital streams simultaneously. To enable SPDIF output, you need to turn on "IEC958 Output Switch" -control via mixer or alsactl. Then you'll see the red light on from -the card so you know that's working obviously :) +control via mixer or alsactl ("IEC958" is the official name of +so-called S/PDIF). Then you'll see the red light on from the card so +you know that's working obviously :) The SPDIF input is always enabled, so you can hear SPDIF input data from line-out with "IEC958 In Monitor" switch at any time (see below). @@ -205,9 +209,10 @@ In addition to the standard SB mixer, CM8x38 provides more functions. MIDI CONTROLLER --------------- -The MPU401-UART interface is enabled as default only for the first -(CMIPCI) card. You need to set module option "midi_port" properly -for the 2nd (CMIPCI) card. +The MPU401-UART interface is disabled as default. You need to set +module option "mpu_port" with a valid I/O port address to enable the +MIDI support. The valid I/O ports are 0x300, 0x310, 0x320 and 0x330. +Choose the value which doesn't conflict with other cards. There is _no_ hardware wavetable function on this chip (except for OPL3 synth below). @@ -229,9 +234,11 @@ I don't know why.. Joystick and Modem ------------------ -The joystick and modem should be available by enabling the control -switch "Joystick" and "Modem" respectively. But I myself have never -tested them yet. +The legacy joystick is supported. To enable the joystick support, pass +joystick_port=1 module option. The value 1 means the auto-detection. +If the auto-detection fails, try to pass the exact I/O address. + +The modem is enabled dynamically via a card control switch "Modem". Debugging Information |