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674 | stage of boot sequence. See "Early Buffer Allocation" | 674 | stage of boot sequence. See "Early Buffer Allocation" |
675 | section. | 675 | section. |
676 | 676 | ||
677 | Module snd-hdspm | ||
678 | ---------------- | ||
679 | |||
680 | Module for RME HDSP MADI board. | ||
681 | |||
682 | precise_ptr - Enable precise pointer, or disable. | ||
683 | line_outs_monitor - Send playback streams to analog outs by default. | ||
684 | enable_monitor - Enable Analog Out on Channel 63/64 by default. | ||
685 | |||
686 | See hdspm.txt for details. | ||
687 | |||
677 | Module snd-ice1712 | 688 | Module snd-ice1712 |
678 | ------------------ | 689 | ------------------ |
679 | 690 | ||
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1 | Software Interface ALSA-DSP MADI Driver | ||
2 | |||
3 | (translated from German, so no good English ;-), | ||
4 | 2004 - winfried ritsch | ||
5 | |||
6 | |||
7 | |||
8 | Full functionality has been added to the driver. Since some of | ||
9 | the Controls and startup-options are ALSA-Standard and only the | ||
10 | special Controls are described and discussed below. | ||
11 | |||
12 | |||
13 | hardware functionality: | ||
14 | |||
15 | |||
16 | Audio transmission: | ||
17 | |||
18 | number of channels -- depends on transmission mode | ||
19 | |||
20 | The number of channels chosen is from 1..Nmax. The reason to | ||
21 | use for a lower number of channels is only resource allocation, | ||
22 | since unused DMA channels are disabled and less memory is | ||
23 | allocated. So also the throughput of the PCI system can be | ||
24 | scaled. (Only important for low performance boards). | ||
25 | |||
26 | Single Speed -- 1..64 channels | ||
27 | |||
28 | (Note: Choosing the 56channel mode for transmission or as | ||
29 | receiver, only 56 are transmitted/received over the MADI, but | ||
30 | all 64 channels are available for the mixer, so channel count | ||
31 | for the driver) | ||
32 | |||
33 | Double Speed -- 1..32 channels | ||
34 | |||
35 | Note: Choosing the 56-channel mode for | ||
36 | transmission/receive-mode , only 28 are transmitted/received | ||
37 | over the MADI, but all 32 channels are available for the mixer, | ||
38 | so channel count for the driver | ||
39 | |||
40 | |||
41 | Quad Speed -- 1..16 channels | ||
42 | |||
43 | Note: Choosing the 56-channel mode for | ||
44 | transmission/receive-mode , only 14 are transmitted/received | ||
45 | over the MADI, but all 16 channels are available for the mixer, | ||
46 | so channel count for the driver | ||
47 | |||
48 | Format -- signed 32 Bit Little Endian (SNDRV_PCM_FMTBIT_S32_LE) | ||
49 | |||
50 | Sample Rates -- | ||
51 | |||
52 | Single Speed -- 32000, 44100, 48000 | ||
53 | |||
54 | Double Speed -- 64000, 88200, 96000 (untested) | ||
55 | |||
56 | Quad Speed -- 128000, 176400, 192000 (untested) | ||
57 | |||
58 | access-mode -- MMAP (memory mapped), Not interleaved | ||
59 | (PCM_NON-INTERLEAVED) | ||
60 | |||
61 | buffer-sizes -- 64,128,256,512,1024,2048,8192 Samples | ||
62 | |||
63 | fragments -- 2 | ||
64 | |||
65 | Hardware-pointer -- 2 Modi | ||
66 | |||
67 | |||
68 | The Card supports the readout of the actual Buffer-pointer, | ||
69 | where DMA reads/writes. Since of the bulk mode of PCI it is only | ||
70 | 64 Byte accurate. SO it is not really usable for the | ||
71 | ALSA-mid-level functions (here the buffer-ID gives a better | ||
72 | result), but if MMAP is used by the application. Therefore it | ||
73 | can be configured at load-time with the parameter | ||
74 | precise-pointer. | ||
75 | |||
76 | |||
77 | (Hint: Experimenting I found that the pointer is maximum 64 to | ||
78 | large never to small. So if you subtract 64 you always have a | ||
79 | safe pointer for writing, which is used on this mode inside | ||
80 | ALSA. In theory now you can get now a latency as low as 16 | ||
81 | Samples, which is a quarter of the interrupt possibilities.) | ||
82 | |||
83 | Precise Pointer -- off | ||
84 | interrupt used for pointer-calculation | ||
85 | |||
86 | Precise Pointer -- on | ||
87 | hardware pointer used. | ||
88 | |||
89 | Controller: | ||
90 | |||
91 | |||
92 | Since DSP-MADI-Mixer has 8152 Fader, it does not make sense to | ||
93 | use the standard mixer-controls, since this would break most of | ||
94 | (especially graphic) ALSA-Mixer GUIs. So Mixer control has be | ||
95 | provided by a 2-dimensional controller using the | ||
96 | hwdep-interface. | ||
97 | |||
98 | Also all 128+256 Peak and RMS-Meter can be accessed via the | ||
99 | hwdep-interface. Since it could be a performance problem always | ||
100 | copying and converting Peak and RMS-Levels even if you just need | ||
101 | one, I decided to export the hardware structure, so that of | ||
102 | needed some driver-guru can implement a memory-mapping of mixer | ||
103 | or peak-meters over ioctl, or also to do only copying and no | ||
104 | conversion. A test-application shows the usage of the controller. | ||
105 | |||
106 | Latency Controls --- not implemented !!! | ||
107 | |||
108 | |||
109 | Note: Within the windows-driver the latency is accessible of a | ||
110 | control-panel, but buffer-sizes are controlled with ALSA from | ||
111 | hwparams-calls and should not be changed in run-state, I did not | ||
112 | implement it here. | ||
113 | |||
114 | |||
115 | System Clock -- suspended !!!! | ||
116 | |||
117 | Name -- "System Clock Mode" | ||
118 | |||
119 | Access -- Read Write | ||
120 | |||
121 | Values -- "Master" "Slave" | ||
122 | |||
123 | |||
124 | !!!! This is a hardware-function but is in conflict with the | ||
125 | Clock-source controller, which is a kind of ALSA-standard. I | ||
126 | makes sense to set the card to a special mode (master at some | ||
127 | frequency or slave), since even not using an Audio-application | ||
128 | a studio should have working synchronisations setup. So use | ||
129 | Clock-source-controller instead !!!! | ||
130 | |||
131 | Clock Source | ||
132 | |||
133 | Name -- "Sample Clock Source" | ||
134 | |||
135 | Access -- Read Write | ||
136 | |||
137 | Values -- "AutoSync", "Internal 32.0 kHz", "Internal 44.1 kHz", | ||
138 | "Internal 48.0 kHz", "Internal 64.0 kHz", "Internal 88.2 kHz", | ||
139 | "Internal 96.0 kHz" | ||
140 | |||
141 | Choose between Master at a specific Frequency and so also the | ||
142 | Speed-mode or Slave (Autosync). Also see "Preferred Sync Ref" | ||
143 | |||
144 | |||
145 | !!!! This is no pure hardware function but was implemented by | ||
146 | ALSA by some ALSA-drivers before, so I use it also. !!! | ||
147 | |||
148 | |||
149 | Preferred Sync Ref | ||
150 | |||
151 | Name -- "Preferred Sync Reference" | ||
152 | |||
153 | Access -- Read Write | ||
154 | |||
155 | Values -- "Word" "MADI" | ||
156 | |||
157 | |||
158 | Within the Auto-sync-Mode the preferred Sync Source can be | ||
159 | chosen. If it is not available another is used if possible. | ||
160 | |||
161 | Note: Since MADI has a much higher bit-rate than word-clock, the | ||
162 | card should synchronise better in MADI Mode. But since the | ||
163 | RME-PLL is very good, there are almost no problems with | ||
164 | word-clock too. I never found a difference. | ||
165 | |||
166 | |||
167 | TX 64 channel --- | ||
168 | |||
169 | Name -- "TX 64 channels mode" | ||
170 | |||
171 | Access -- Read Write | ||
172 | |||
173 | Values -- 0 1 | ||
174 | |||
175 | Using 64-channel-modus (1) or 56-channel-modus for | ||
176 | MADI-transmission (0). | ||
177 | |||
178 | |||
179 | Note: This control is for output only. Input-mode is detected | ||
180 | automatically from hardware sending MADI. | ||
181 | |||
182 | |||
183 | Clear TMS --- | ||
184 | |||
185 | Name -- "Clear Track Marker" | ||
186 | |||
187 | Access -- Read Write | ||
188 | |||
189 | Values -- 0 1 | ||
190 | |||
191 | |||
192 | Don't use to lower 5 Audio-bits on AES as additional Bits. | ||
193 | |||
194 | |||
195 | Safe Mode oder Auto Input --- | ||
196 | |||
197 | Name -- "Safe Mode" | ||
198 | |||
199 | Access -- Read Write | ||
200 | |||
201 | Values -- 0 1 | ||
202 | |||
203 | (default on) | ||
204 | |||
205 | If on (1), then if either the optical or coaxial connection | ||
206 | has a failure, there is a takeover to the working one, with no | ||
207 | sample failure. Its only useful if you use the second as a | ||
208 | backup connection. | ||
209 | |||
210 | Input --- | ||
211 | |||
212 | Name -- "Input Select" | ||
213 | |||
214 | Access -- Read Write | ||
215 | |||
216 | Values -- optical coaxial | ||
217 | |||
218 | |||
219 | Choosing the Input, optical or coaxial. If Safe-mode is active, | ||
220 | this is the preferred Input. | ||
221 | |||
222 | -------------- Mixer ---------------------- | ||
223 | |||
224 | Mixer | ||
225 | |||
226 | Name -- "Mixer" | ||
227 | |||
228 | Access -- Read Write | ||
229 | |||
230 | Values - <channel-number 0-127> <Value 0-65535> | ||
231 | |||
232 | |||
233 | Here as a first value the channel-index is taken to get/set the | ||
234 | corresponding mixer channel, where 0-63 are the input to output | ||
235 | fader and 64-127 the playback to outputs fader. Value 0 | ||
236 | is channel muted 0 and 32768 an amplification of 1. | ||
237 | |||
238 | Chn 1-64 | ||
239 | |||
240 | fast mixer for the ALSA-mixer utils. The diagonal of the | ||
241 | mixer-matrix is implemented from playback to output. | ||
242 | |||
243 | |||
244 | Line Out | ||
245 | |||
246 | Name -- "Line Out" | ||
247 | |||
248 | Access -- Read Write | ||
249 | |||
250 | Values -- 0 1 | ||
251 | |||
252 | Switching on and off the analog out, which has nothing to do | ||
253 | with mixing or routing. the analog outs reflects channel 63,64. | ||
254 | |||
255 | |||
256 | --- information (only read access): | ||
257 | |||
258 | Sample Rate | ||
259 | |||
260 | Name -- "System Sample Rate" | ||
261 | |||
262 | Access -- Read-only | ||
263 | |||
264 | getting the sample rate. | ||
265 | |||
266 | |||
267 | External Rate measured | ||
268 | |||
269 | Name -- "External Rate" | ||
270 | |||
271 | Access -- Read only | ||
272 | |||
273 | |||
274 | Should be "Autosync Rate", but Name used is | ||
275 | ALSA-Scheme. External Sample frequency liked used on Autosync is | ||
276 | reported. | ||
277 | |||
278 | |||
279 | MADI Sync Status | ||
280 | |||
281 | Name -- "MADI Sync Lock Status" | ||
282 | |||
283 | Access -- Read | ||
284 | |||
285 | Values -- 0,1,2 | ||
286 | |||
287 | MADI-Input is 0=Unlocked, 1=Locked, or 2=Synced. | ||
288 | |||
289 | |||
290 | Word Clock Sync Status | ||
291 | |||
292 | Name -- "Word Clock Lock Status" | ||
293 | |||
294 | Access -- Read | ||
295 | |||
296 | Values -- 0,1,2 | ||
297 | |||
298 | Word Clock Input is 0=Unlocked, 1=Locked, or 2=Synced. | ||
299 | |||
300 | AutoSync | ||
301 | |||
302 | Name -- "AutoSync Reference" | ||
303 | |||
304 | Access -- Read | ||
305 | |||
306 | Values -- "WordClock", "MADI", "None" | ||
307 | |||
308 | Sync-Reference is either "WordClock", "MADI" or none. | ||
309 | |||
310 | RX 64ch --- noch nicht implementiert | ||
311 | |||
312 | MADI-Receiver is in 64 channel mode oder 56 channel mode. | ||
313 | |||
314 | |||
315 | AB_inp --- not tested | ||
316 | |||
317 | Used input for Auto-Input. | ||
318 | |||
319 | |||
320 | actual Buffer Position --- not implemented | ||
321 | |||
322 | !!! this is a ALSA internal function, so no control is used !!! | ||
323 | |||
324 | |||
325 | |||
326 | Calling Parameter: | ||
327 | |||
328 | index int array (min = 1, max = 8), | ||
329 | "Index value for RME HDSPM interface." card-index within ALSA | ||
330 | |||
331 | note: ALSA-standard | ||
332 | |||
333 | id string array (min = 1, max = 8), | ||
334 | "ID string for RME HDSPM interface." | ||
335 | |||
336 | note: ALSA-standard | ||
337 | |||
338 | enable int array (min = 1, max = 8), | ||
339 | "Enable/disable specific HDSPM sound-cards." | ||
340 | |||
341 | note: ALSA-standard | ||
342 | |||
343 | precise_ptr int array (min = 1, max = 8), | ||
344 | "Enable precise pointer, or disable." | ||
345 | |||
346 | note: Use only when the application supports this (which is a special case). | ||
347 | |||
348 | line_outs_monitor int array (min = 1, max = 8), | ||
349 | "Send playback streams to analog outs by default." | ||
350 | |||
351 | |||
352 | note: each playback channel is mixed to the same numbered output | ||
353 | channel (routed). This is against the ALSA-convention, where all | ||
354 | channels have to be muted on after loading the driver, but was | ||
355 | used before on other cards, so i historically use it again) | ||
356 | |||
357 | |||
358 | |||
359 | enable_monitor int array (min = 1, max = 8), | ||
360 | "Enable Analog Out on Channel 63/64 by default." | ||
361 | |||
362 | note: here the analog output is enabled (but not routed). \ No newline at end of file | ||