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diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/Procfile.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/Procfile.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..25c5d648aef6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/Procfile.txt @@ -0,0 +1,191 @@ + Proc Files of ALSA Drivers + ========================== + Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> + +General +------- + +ALSA has its own proc tree, /proc/asound. Many useful information are +found in this tree. When you encounter a problem and need debugging, +check the files listed in the following sections. + +Each card has its subtree cardX, where X is from 0 to 7. The +card-specific files are stored in the card* subdirectories. + + +Global Information +------------------ + +cards + Shows the list of currently configured ALSA drivers, + index, the id string, short and long descriptions. + +version + Shows the version string and compile date. + +modules + Lists the module of each card + +devices + Lists the ALSA native device mappings. + +meminfo + Shows the status of allocated pages via ALSA drivers. + Appears only when CONFIG_SND_DEBUG=y. + +hwdep + Lists the currently available hwdep devices in format of + <card>-<device>: <name> + +pcm + Lists the currently available PCM devices in format of + <card>-<device>: <id>: <name> : <sub-streams> + +timer + Lists the currently available timer devices + + +oss/devices + Lists the OSS device mappings. + +oss/sndstat + Provides the output compatible with /dev/sndstat. + You can symlink this to /dev/sndstat. + + +Card Specific Files +------------------- + +The card-specific files are found in /proc/asound/card* directories. +Some drivers (e.g. cmipci) have their own proc entries for the +register dump, etc (e.g. /proc/asound/card*/cmipci shows the register +dump). These files would be really helpful for debugging. + +When PCM devices are available on this card, you can see directories +like pcm0p or pcm1c. They hold the PCM information for each PCM +stream. The number after 'pcm' is the PCM device number from 0, and +the last 'p' or 'c' means playback or capture direction. The files in +this subtree is described later. + +The status of MIDI I/O is found in midi* files. It shows the device +name and the received/transmitted bytes through the MIDI device. + +When the card is equipped with AC97 codecs, there are codec97#* +subdirectories (desribed later). + +When the OSS mixer emulation is enabled (and the module is loaded), +oss_mixer file appears here, too. This shows the current mapping of +OSS mixer elements to the ALSA control elements. You can change the +mapping by writing to this device. Read OSS-Emulation.txt for +details. + + +PCM Proc Files +-------------- + +card*/pcm*/info + The general information of this PCM device: card #, device #, + substreams, etc. + +card*/pcm*/xrun_debug + This file appears when CONFIG_SND_DEBUG=y. + This shows the status of xrun (= buffer overrun/xrun) debug of + ALSA PCM middle layer, as an integer from 0 to 2. The value + can be changed by writing to this file, such as + + # cat 2 > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/xrun_debug + + When this value is greater than 0, the driver will show the + messages to kernel log when an xrun is detected. The debug + message is shown also when the invalid H/W pointer is detected + at the update of periods (usually called from the interrupt + handler). + + When this value is greater than 1, the driver will show the + stack trace additionally. This may help the debugging. + +card*/pcm*/sub*/info + The general information of this PCM sub-stream. + +card*/pcm*/sub*/status + The current status of this PCM sub-stream, elapsed time, + H/W position, etc. + +card*/pcm*/sub*/hw_params + The hardware parameters set for this sub-stream. + +card*/pcm*/sub*/sw_params + The soft parameters set for this sub-stream. + +card*/pcm*/sub*/prealloc + The buffer pre-allocation information. + + +AC97 Codec Information +---------------------- + +card*/codec97#*/ac97#?-? + Shows the general information of this AC97 codec chip, such as + name, capabilities, set up. + +card*/codec97#0/ac97#?-?+regs + Shows the AC97 register dump. Useful for debugging. + + When CONFIG_SND_DEBUG is enabled, you can write to this file for + changing an AC97 register directly. Pass two hex numbers. + For example, + + # echo 02 9f1f > /proc/asound/card0/codec97#0/ac97#0-0+regs + + +Sequencer Information +--------------------- + +seq/drivers + Lists the currently available ALSA sequencer drivers. + +seq/clients + Shows the list of currently available sequencer clinets and + ports. The connection status and the running status are shown + in this file, too. + +seq/queues + Lists the currently allocated/running sequener queues. + +seq/timer + Lists the currently allocated/running sequencer timers. + +seq/oss + Lists the OSS-compatible sequencer stuffs. + + +Help For Debugging? +------------------- + +When the problem is related with PCM, first try to turn on xrun_debug +mode. This will give you the kernel messages when and where xrun +happened. + +If it's really a bug, report it with the following information + + - the name of the driver/card, show in /proc/asound/cards + - the reigster dump, if available (e.g. card*/cmipci) + +when it's a PCM problem, + + - set-up of PCM, shown in hw_parms, sw_params, and status in the PCM + sub-stream directory + +when it's a mixer problem, + + - AC97 proc files, codec97#*/* files + +for USB audio/midi, + + - output of lsusb -v + - stream* files in card directory + + +The ALSA bug-tracking system is found at: + + https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/ |