[PATCH] sound: move driver parameters to their own files

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Mon Jun 07 2010 - 20:12:48 EST


From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>

Move sound (OSS & ALSA) kernel parameters to their own files.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 167 -----------------
Documentation/sound/alsa/alsa-parameters.txt | 135 +++++++++++++
Documentation/sound/oss/oss-parameters.txt | 51 +++++
3 files changed, 192 insertions(+), 161 deletions(-)

--- /dev/null
+++ linux-2.6.35-rc2/Documentation/sound/oss/oss-parameters.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+ OSS Kernel Parameters
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+See Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt for general information on
+specifying module parameters.
+
+This document may not be entirely up to date and comprehensive. The command
+"modinfo -p ${modulename}" shows a current list of all parameters of a loadable
+module. Loadable modules, after being loaded into the running kernel, also
+reveal their parameters in /sys/module/${modulename}/parameters/. Some of these
+parameters may be changed at runtime by the command
+"echo -n ${value} > /sys/module/${modulename}/parameters/${parm}".
+
+
+ ad1848= [HW,OSS]
+ Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<type>
+
+ aedsp16= [HW,OSS] Audio Excel DSP 16
+ Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<mss_io>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
+ See also header of sound/oss/aedsp16.c.
+
+ dmasound= [HW,OSS] Sound subsystem buffers
+
+ mpu401= [HW,OSS]
+ Format: <io>,<irq>
+
+ opl3= [HW,OSS]
+ Format: <io>
+
+ pas2= [HW,OSS] Format:
+ <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma16>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<sb_dma16>
+
+ pss= [HW,OSS] Personal Sound System (ECHO ESC614)
+ Format:
+ <io>,<mss_io>,<mss_irq>,<mss_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
+
+ sscape= [HW,OSS]
+ Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
+
+ trix= [HW,OSS] MediaTrix AudioTrix Pro
+ Format:
+ <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
+
+ uart401= [HW,OSS]
+ Format: <io>,<irq>
+
+ uart6850= [HW,OSS]
+ Format: <io>,<irq>
+
+ waveartist= [HW,OSS]
+ Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>
--- /dev/null
+++ linux-2.6.35-rc2/Documentation/sound/alsa/alsa-parameters.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+ ALSA Kernel Parameters
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+See Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt for general information on
+specifying module parameters.
+
+This document may not be entirely up to date and comprehensive. The command
+"modinfo -p ${modulename}" shows a current list of all parameters of a loadable
+module. Loadable modules, after being loaded into the running kernel, also
+reveal their parameters in /sys/module/${modulename}/parameters/. Some of these
+parameters may be changed at runtime by the command
+"echo -n ${value} > /sys/module/${modulename}/parameters/${parm}".
+
+
+ snd-ad1816a= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-ad1848= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-ali5451= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-als100= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-als4000= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-azt2320= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-cmi8330= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-cmipci= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-cs4231= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-cs4232= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-cs4236= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-cs4281= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-cs46xx= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-dt019x= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-dummy= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-emu10k1= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-ens1370= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-ens1371= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-es968= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-es1688= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-es18xx= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-es1938= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-es1968= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-fm801= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-gusclassic= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-gusextreme= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-gusmax= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-hdsp= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-ice1712= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-intel8x0= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-interwave= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-interwave-stb=
+ [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-korg1212= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-maestro3= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-mpu401= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-mtpav= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-nm256= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-opl3sa2= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-opti92x-ad1848=
+ [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-opti92x-cs4231=
+ [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-opti93x= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-pmac= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-rme32= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-rme96= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-rme9652= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-sb8= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-sb16= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-sbawe= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-serial= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-sgalaxy= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-sonicvibes= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-sun-amd7930=
+ [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-sun-cs4231= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-trident= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-usb-audio= [HW,ALSA,USB]
+
+ snd-via82xx= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-virmidi= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-wavefront= [HW,ALSA]
+
+ snd-ymfpci= [HW,ALSA]
--- linux-2.6.35-rc2.orig/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ linux-2.6.35-rc2/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -280,19 +280,12 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
no: ACPI OperationRegions are not marked as reserved,
no further checks are performed.

- ad1848= [HW,OSS]
- Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<type>
-
add_efi_memmap [EFI; X86] Include EFI memory map in
kernel's map of available physical RAM.

advansys= [HW,SCSI]
See header of drivers/scsi/advansys.c.

- aedsp16= [HW,OSS] Audio Excel DSP 16
- Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<mss_io>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
- See also header of sound/oss/aedsp16.c.
-
agp= [AGP]
{ off | try_unsupported }
off: disable AGP support
@@ -311,6 +304,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
aic79xx= [HW,SCSI]
See Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt.

+ ALSA [HW,ALSA]
+ See Documentation/sound/alsa/alsa-parameters.txt
+
alignment= [KNL,ARM]
Allow the default userspace alignment fault handler
behaviour to be specified. Bit 0 enables warnings,
@@ -655,8 +651,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
Disable PIN 1 of APIC timer
Can be useful to work around chipset bugs.

- dmasound= [HW,OSS] Sound subsystem buffers
-
dma_debug=off If the kernel is compiled with DMA_API_DEBUG support,
this option disables the debugging code at boot.

@@ -1523,9 +1517,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
that the amount of memory usable for all allocations
is not too small.

- mpu401= [HW,OSS]
- Format: <io>,<irq>
-
MTD_Partition= [MTD]
Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>

@@ -1849,9 +1840,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
For example, to override I2C bus2:
omap_mux=i2c2_scl.i2c2_scl=0x100,i2c2_sda.i2c2_sda=0x100

- opl3= [HW,OSS]
- Format: <io>
-
oprofile.timer= [HW]
Use timer interrupt instead of performance counters

@@ -1863,6 +1851,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
perfmon on Intel CPUs instead of the
CPU specific event set.

+ OSS [HW,OSS]
+ See Documentation/sound/oss/oss-parameters.txt
+
osst= [HW,SCSI] SCSI Tape Driver
Format: <buffer_size>,<write_threshold>
See also Documentation/scsi/st.txt.
@@ -1899,9 +1890,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
Currently this function knows 686a and 8231 chips.
Format: [spp|ps2|epp|ecp|ecpepp]

- pas2= [HW,OSS] Format:
- <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma16>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<sb_dma16>
-
pas16= [HW,SCSI]
See header of drivers/scsi/pas16.c.

@@ -2169,10 +2157,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
[HW,MOUSE] Controls Logitech smartscroll autorepeat.
0 = disabled, 1 = enabled (default).

- pss= [HW,OSS] Personal Sound System (ECHO ESC614)
- Format:
- <io>,<mss_io>,<mss_irq>,<mss_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
-
pt. [PARIDE]
See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt.

@@ -2381,128 +2365,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
1: Fast pin select (default)
2: ATC IRMode

- snd-ad1816a= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-ad1848= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-ali5451= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-als100= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-als4000= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-azt2320= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-cmi8330= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-cmipci= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-cs4231= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-cs4232= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-cs4236= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-cs4281= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-cs46xx= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-dt019x= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-dummy= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-emu10k1= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-ens1370= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-ens1371= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-es968= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-es1688= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-es18xx= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-es1938= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-es1968= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-fm801= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-gusclassic= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-gusextreme= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-gusmax= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-hdsp= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-ice1712= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-intel8x0= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-interwave= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-interwave-stb=
- [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-korg1212= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-maestro3= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-mpu401= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-mtpav= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-nm256= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-opl3sa2= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-opti92x-ad1848=
- [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-opti92x-cs4231=
- [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-opti93x= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-pmac= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-rme32= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-rme96= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-rme9652= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-sb8= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-sb16= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-sbawe= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-serial= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-sgalaxy= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-sonicvibes= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-sun-amd7930=
- [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-sun-cs4231= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-trident= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-usb-audio= [HW,ALSA,USB]
-
- snd-via82xx= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-virmidi= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-wavefront= [HW,ALSA]
-
- snd-ymfpci= [HW,ALSA]
-
softlockup_panic=
[KNL] Should the soft-lockup detector generate panics.

@@ -2517,9 +2379,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
spia_pedr=
spia_peddr=

- sscape= [HW,OSS]
- Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
-
st= [HW,SCSI] SCSI tape parameters (buffers, etc.)
See Documentation/scsi/st.txt.

@@ -2659,10 +2518,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
to facilitate early boot debugging.
See also Documentation/trace/events.txt

- trix= [HW,OSS] MediaTrix AudioTrix Pro
- Format:
- <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
-
tsc= Disable clocksource-must-verify flag for TSC.
Format: <string>
[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
@@ -2679,12 +2534,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
u14-34f= [HW,SCSI] UltraStor 14F/34F SCSI host adapter
See header of drivers/scsi/u14-34f.c.

- uart401= [HW,OSS]
- Format: <io>,<irq>
-
- uart6850= [HW,OSS]
- Format: <io>,<irq>
-
uhash_entries= [KNL,NET]
Set number of hash buckets for UDP/UDP-Lite connections

@@ -2850,9 +2699,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters.
overridden by individual drivers. 0 will hide
cursors, 1 will display them.

- waveartist= [HW,OSS]
- Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>
-
wd33c93= [HW,SCSI]
See header of drivers/scsi/wd33c93.c.

@@ -2885,5 +2731,4 @@ ________________________________________

TODO:

- Add documentation for ALSA options.
Add more DRM drivers.
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