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authorClemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>2007-09-10 08:05:19 +0200
committerJaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>2007-10-16 16:49:17 +0200
commitd1761d1b14158498d4782d555a9b367ea4647224 (patch)
tree85abe818de9c6771f89344acdf4fe99f0bfb0f3f /Documentation/sound/alsa
parent950fb626dc28e17ae4ad01dba07957bdc6e0b997 (diff)
[ALSA] document basic TLV stuff
Add documentation about how to define dB scale information for mixer controls. Signed-off-by: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de> Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>
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@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
</affiliation>
</author>
- <date>July 26, 2007</date>
- <edition>0.3.6.1</edition>
+ <date>September 10, 2007</date>
+ <edition>0.3.7</edition>
<abstract>
<para>
@@ -3473,6 +3473,13 @@ struct _snd_pcm_runtime {
</para>
<para>
+ The <structfield>tlv</structfield> field can be used to provide
+ metadata about the control; see the
+ <link linkend="control-interface-tlv">
+ <citetitle>Metadata</citetitle></link> subsection.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
The other three are
<link linkend="control-interface-callbacks"><citetitle>
callback functions</citetitle></link>.
@@ -3871,6 +3878,56 @@ struct _snd_pcm_runtime {
</para>
</section>
+ <section id="control-interface-tlv">
+ <title>Metadata</title>
+ <para>
+ To provide information about the dB values of a mixer control, use
+ on of the <constant>DECLARE_TLV_xxx</constant> macros from
+ <filename>&lt;sound/tlv.h&gt;</filename> to define a variable
+ containing this information, set the<structfield>tlv.p
+ </structfield> field to point to this variable, and include the
+ <constant>SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_ACCESS_TLV_READ</constant> flag in the
+ <structfield>access</structfield> field; like this:
+ <informalexample>
+ <programlisting>
+<![CDATA[
+ static DECLARE_TLV_DB_SCALE(db_scale_my_control, -4050, 150, 0);
+
+ static struct snd_kcontrol_new my_control __devinitdata = {
+ ...
+ .access = SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_ACCESS_READWRITE |
+ SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_ACCESS_TLV_READ,
+ ...
+ .tlv.p = db_scale_my_control,
+ };
+]]>
+ </programlisting>
+ </informalexample>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The <function>DECLARE_TLV_DB_SCALE</function> macro defines
+ information about a mixer control where each step in the control's
+ value changes the dB value by a constant dB amount.
+ The first parameter is the name of the variable to be defined.
+ The second parameter is the minimum value, in units of 0.01 dB.
+ The third parameter is the step size, in units of 0.01 dB.
+ Set the fourth parameter to 1 if the minimum value actually mutes
+ the control.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The <function>DECLARE_TLV_DB_LINEAR</function> macro defines
+ information about a mixer control where the control's value affects
+ the output linearly.
+ The first parameter is the name of the variable to be defined.
+ The second parameter is the minimum value, in units of 0.01 dB.
+ The third parameter is the maximum value, in units of 0.01 dB.
+ If the minimum value mutes the control, set the second parameter to
+ <constant>TLV_DB_GAIN_MUTE</constant>.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
</chapter>