config SND_SOC_SOF_TOPLEVEL
bool "Sound Open Firmware Support"
help
- This adds support for Sound Open Firmware (SOF). SOF is a free and
+ This adds support for Sound Open Firmware (SOF). SOF is free and
generic open source audio DSP firmware for multiple devices.
Say Y if you have such a device that is supported by SOF.
If unsure select "N".
select SND_SOC_ACPI if ACPI
help
This adds support for PCI enumeration. This option is
- required to enable Intel Skylake+ devices
- Say Y if you need this option
+ required to enable Intel Skylake+ devices.
+ Say Y if you need this option.
If unsure select "N".
config SND_SOC_SOF_ACPI
select IOSF_MBI if X86 && PCI
help
This adds support for ACPI enumeration. This option is required
- to enable Intel Broadwell/Baytrail/Cherrytrail devices
- Say Y if you need this option
+ to enable Intel Broadwell/Baytrail/Cherrytrail devices.
+ Say Y if you need this option.
If unsure select "N".
config SND_SOC_SOF_OF
bool "SOF developer options support"
depends on EXPERT
help
- This option unlock SOF developer options for debug/performance/
+ This option unlocks SOF developer options for debug/performance/
code hardening.
Distributions should not select this option, only SOF development
teams should select it.
- Say Y if you are involved in SOF development and need this option
- If not, select N
+ Say Y if you are involved in SOF development and need this option.
+ If not, select N.
if SND_SOC_SOF_DEVELOPER_SUPPORT
This adds support for a dummy/nocodec machine driver fallback
option if no known codec is detected. This is typically only
enabled for developers or devices where the sound card is
- controlled externally
- This option is mutually exclusive with the Intel HDAudio support,
- selecting it may have negative impacts and prevent e.g. microphone
+ controlled externally.
+ This option is mutually exclusive with the Intel HDAudio support.
+ Selecting it may have negative impacts and prevent e.g. microphone
functionality from being enabled on Intel CoffeeLake and later
platforms.
Distributions should not select this option!
- Say Y if you need this nocodec fallback option
+ Say Y if you need this nocodec fallback option.
If unsure select "N".
config SND_SOC_SOF_STRICT_ABI_CHECKS
is invoked.
This option will stop topology creation and firmware load upfront.
It is intended for SOF CI/releases and not for users or distros.
- Say Y if you want strict ABI checks for an SOF release
- If you are not involved in SOF releases and CI development
+ Say Y if you want strict ABI checks for an SOF release.
+ If you are not involved in SOF releases and CI development,
select "N".
config SND_SOC_SOF_DEBUG
though there is a codec detected on the real platform. This is
typically only enabled for developers for debug purposes, before
codec/machine driver is ready, or to exclude the impact of those
- drivers
- Say Y if you need this force nocodec mode option
+ drivers.
+ Say Y if you need this force nocodec mode option.
If unsure select "N".
config SND_SOC_SOF_DEBUG_XRUN_STOP
config SND_SOC_SOF_DEBUG_FORCE_IPC_POSITION
bool "SOF force to use IPC for position update on SKL+"
help
- This option force to handle stream position update IPCs and run pcm
+ This option forces to handle stream position update IPCs and run PCM
elapse to inform ALSA about that, on platforms (e.g. Intel SKL+) that
with other approach (e.g. HDAC DPIB/posbuf) to elapse PCM.
On platforms (e.g. Intel SKL-) where position update IPC is the only
one choice, this setting won't impact anything.
- if you are trying to debug pointer update with position IPCs or where
+ If you are trying to debug pointer update with position IPCs or where
DPIB/posbuf is not ready, select "Y".
If unsure select "N".
help
The firmware trace can be enabled either at build-time with
this option, or dynamically by setting flags in the SOF core
- module parameter (similar to dynamic debug)
+ module parameter (similar to dynamic debug).
If unsure, select "N".
config SND_SOC_SOF_DEBUG_IPC_FLOOD_TEST
select SND_SOC_SOF_NOCODEC if SND_SOC_SOF_NOCODEC_SUPPORT
help
This option is not user-selectable but automagically handled by
- 'select' statements at a higher level
+ 'select' statements at a higher level.
The selection is made at the top level and does not exactly follow
module dependencies but since the module or built-in type is decided
at the top level it doesn't matter.
bool
help
This option is not user-selectable but automagically handled by
- 'select' statements at a higher level
+ 'select' statements at a higher level.
When selected, the probe is handled in two steps, for example to
avoid lockdeps if request_module is used in the probe.