Re: [alsa-devel] [PATCH] ALSA: doc: fix snd_hda_intel driver name

From: Takashi Iwai
Date: Thu Feb 13 2020 - 05:58:09 EST


On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 11:36:37 +0100,
Radoslaw Smigielski wrote:
>
> Update driver name snd-hda-intel to proper, existing driver
> name snd_hda_intel in Documentation/sound/hd-audio/notes.rst.

snd-hda-intel is correct from the module file name POV.
Both are handled equivalently.


thanks,

Takashi

>
> Signed-off-by: Radoslaw Smigielski <radoslaw.smigielski@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/sound/hd-audio/notes.rst | 10 +++++-----
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/sound/hd-audio/notes.rst b/Documentation/sound/hd-audio/notes.rst
> index 0f3109d9abc8..56ccc15f4d26 100644
> --- a/Documentation/sound/hd-audio/notes.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/sound/hd-audio/notes.rst
> @@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ methods for the HD-audio hardware.
>
> The HD-audio component consists of two parts: the controller chip and
> the codec chips on the HD-audio bus. Linux provides a single driver
> -for all controllers, snd-hda-intel. Although the driver name contains
> +for all controllers, snd_hda_intel. Although the driver name contains
> a word of a well-known hardware vendor, it's not specific to it but for
> all controller chips by other companies. Since the HD-audio
> controllers are supposed to be compatible, the single snd-hda-driver
> should work in most cases. But, not surprisingly, there are known
> -bugs and issues specific to each controller type. The snd-hda-intel
> +bugs and issues specific to each controller type. The snd_hda_intel
> driver has a bunch of workarounds for these as described below.
>
> A controller may have multiple codecs. Usually you have one audio
> @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ multiple audio codecs, e.g. for analog and digital outputs, and the
> driver might not work properly because of conflict of mixer elements.
> This should be fixed in future if such hardware really exists.
>
> -The snd-hda-intel driver has several different codec parsers depending
> +The snd_hda_intel driver has several different codec parsers depending
> on the codec. It has a generic parser as a fallback, but this
> functionality is fairly limited until now. Instead of the generic
> parser, usually the codec-specific parser (coded in patch_*.c) is used
> @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ the external amplifier bits. Thus a headphone output has a slightly
> better chance.
>
> Before making a bug report, double-check whether the mixer is set up
> -correctly. The recent version of snd-hda-intel driver provides mostly
> +correctly. The recent version of snd_hda_intel driver provides mostly
> "Master" volume control as well as "Front" volume (where Front
> indicates the front-channels). In addition, there can be individual
> "Headphone" and "Speaker" controls.
> @@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ For example, if you have two cards, one for an on-board analog and one
> for an HDMI video board, you may pass patch option like below:
> ::
>
> - options snd-hda-intel patch=on-board-patch,hdmi-patch
> + options snd_hda_intel patch=on-board-patch,hdmi-patch
>
>
> Power-Saving
> --
> 2.24.1
>