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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sound/alsa')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt | 21 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt index 71ef0498d5e..c69581ca2a3 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt @@ -1211,16 +1211,18 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed. ------------------ Module for AC'97 motherboards based on VIA 82C686A/686B, 8233, - 8233A, 8233C, 8235 (south) bridge. + 8233A, 8233C, 8235, 8237 (south) bridge. mpu_port - 0x300,0x310,0x320,0x330, otherwise obtain BIOS setup [VIA686A/686B only] joystick - Enable joystick (default off) [VIA686A/686B only] ac97_clock - AC'97 codec clock base (default 48000Hz) dxs_support - support DXS channels, - 0 = auto (defalut), 1 = enable, 2 = disable, - 3 = 48k only, 4 = no VRA - [VIA8233/C,8235 only] + 0 = auto (default), 1 = enable, 2 = disable, + 3 = 48k only, 4 = no VRA, 5 = enable any sample + rate and different sample rates on different + channels + [VIA8233/C, 8235, 8237 only] ac97_quirk - AC'97 workaround for strange hardware See the description of intel8x0 module for details. @@ -1232,18 +1234,21 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed. default value 1.4. Then the interrupt number will be assigned under 15. You might also upgrade your BIOS. - Note: VIA8233/5 (not VIA8233A) can support DXS (direct sound) + Note: VIA8233/5/7 (not VIA8233A) can support DXS (direct sound) channels as the first PCM. On these channels, up to 4 - streams can be played at the same time. + streams can be played at the same time, and the controller + can perform sample rate conversion with separate rates for + each channel. As default (dxs_support = 0), 48k fixed rate is chosen except for the known devices since the output is often noisy except for 48k on some mother boards due to the bug of BIOS. - Please try once dxs_support=1 and if it works on other + Please try once dxs_support=5 and if it works on other sample rates (e.g. 44.1kHz of mp3 playback), please let us know the PCI subsystem vendor/device id's (output of "lspci -nv"). - If it doesn't work, try dxs_support=4. If it still doesn't + If dxs_support=5 does not work, try dxs_support=1; if it + doesn't work too, try dxs_support=4. If it still doesn't work and the default setting is ok, dxs_support=3 is the right choice. If the default setting doesn't work at all, try dxs_support=2 to disable the DXS channels. |