ALSA: hda - Add probe_only option

Added probe_only module option to hd-audio driver.
This option specifies whether the driver creates and initializes the
codec-parser after probing.  When this option is set, the driver skips
the codec parsing and initialization but gives you proc and other
accesses.  It's useful to see the initial codec state for debugging.

The default of this value is off, so the default behavior is as same
as before.

Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt
index a4f3a22caba3..ee45454c50be 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/ALSA-Configuration.txt
@@ -757,6 +757,8 @@ Prior to version 0.9.0rc4 options had a 'snd_' prefix. This was removed.
     model       - force the model name
     position_fix - Fix DMA pointer (0 = auto, 1 = use LPIB, 2 = POSBUF)
     probe_mask  - Bitmask to probe codecs (default = -1, meaning all slots)
+    probe_only  - Only probing and no codec initialization (default=off);
+                  Useful to check the initial codec status for debugging
     bdl_pos_adj - Specifies the DMA IRQ timing delay in samples.
                 Passing -1 will make the driver to choose the appropriate
                 value based on the controller chip.