--- zzzz-none-000/linux-3.10.107/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/overview.txt 2017-06-27 09:49:32.000000000 +0000 +++ scorpion-7490-727/linux-3.10.107/Documentation/sound/alsa/soc/overview.txt 2021-02-04 17:41:59.000000000 +0000 @@ -49,18 +49,23 @@ * Machine specific controls: Allow machines to add controls to the sound card (e.g. volume control for speaker amplifier). -To achieve all this, ASoC basically splits an embedded audio system into 3 -components :- +To achieve all this, ASoC basically splits an embedded audio system into +multiple re-usable component drivers :- - * Codec driver: The codec driver is platform independent and contains audio - controls, audio interface capabilities, codec DAPM definition and codec IO - functions. - - * Platform driver: The platform driver contains the audio DMA engine and audio - interface drivers (e.g. I2S, AC97, PCM) for that platform. - - * Machine driver: The machine driver handles any machine specific controls and - audio events (e.g. turning on an amp at start of playback). + * Codec class drivers: The codec class driver is platform independent and + contains audio controls, audio interface capabilities, codec DAPM + definition and codec IO functions. This class extends to BT, FM and MODEM + ICs if required. Codec class drivers should be generic code that can run + on any architecture and machine. + + * Platform class drivers: The platform class driver includes the audio DMA + engine driver, digital audio interface (DAI) drivers (e.g. I2S, AC97, PCM) + and any audio DSP drivers for that platform. + + * Machine class driver: The machine driver class acts as the glue that + decribes and binds the other component drivers together to form an ALSA + "sound card device". It handles any machine specific controls and + machine level audio events (e.g. turning on an amp at start of playback). Documentation @@ -84,3 +89,7 @@ pop_clicks.txt: How to minimise audio artifacts. clocking.txt: ASoC clocking for best power performance. + +jack.txt: ASoC jack detection. + +DPCM.txt: Dynamic PCM - Describes DPCM with DSP examples.