[PATCH 6/6] staging: most: Documentation: add information to driver_usage file

Greg KH gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Thu Dec 13 12:32:07 UTC 2018


On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 02:58:00PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 01:15:31PM +0100, Christian Gromm wrote:
> > This patch updates driver_usage.txt file to reflect the latest changes
> > that this patch set introduces.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Christian Gromm <christian.gromm at microchip.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/staging/most/Documentation/driver_usage.txt | 16 +++++++++++++---
> >  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/most/Documentation/driver_usage.txt b/drivers/staging/most/Documentation/driver_usage.txt
> > index bb9b4e8..da7a8f4 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/most/Documentation/driver_usage.txt
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/most/Documentation/driver_usage.txt
> > @@ -142,8 +142,9 @@ Cdev component example:
> >  
> >  Sound component example:
> >  
> > -The sound component needs an additional parameter to determine the audio
> > -resolution that is going to be used. The following formats are available:
> > +The sound component needs additional parameters to determine the audio
> > +resolution that is going to be used and to trigger the registration of a
> > +sound card with ALSA. The following audio formats are available:
> >  
> >  	- "1x8" (Mono)
> >  	- "2x16" (16-bit stereo)
> > @@ -151,9 +152,18 @@ resolution that is going to be used. The following formats are available:
> >  	- "2x32" (32-bit stereo)
> >  	- "6x16" (16-bit surround 5.1)
> >  
> > -        $ echo "mdev0:ep_81:sound:most51_playback.6x16" >$(DRV_DIR)/add_link
> > +To make the sound module create a sound card and register it with ALSA the
> > +string "create" needs to be attached to the module parameter section of the
> > +configuration string. To create a sound card with with two playback devices
> > +(linked to channel ep01 and ep02) and one capture device (linked to channel
> > +ep83) the following is written to the add_link file:
> >  
> > +        $ echo "mdev0:ep01:sound:most51_playback.6x16" >$(DRV_DIR)/add_link
> > +        $ echo "mdev0:ep02:sound:most_playback.2x16" >$(DRV_DIR)/add_link
> > +        $ echo "mdev0:ep83:sound:most_capture.2x16.create" >$(DRV_DIR)/add_link
> 
> I would maybe prefer if the "create" command were on a separate line.
> Something like:
> 
> +        $ echo "mdev0:ep01:sound:most51_playback.6x16" >$(DRV_DIR)/add_link
> +        $ echo "mdev0:ep02:sound:most_playback.2x16" >$(DRV_DIR)/add_link
> +        $ echo "mdev0:ep83:sound:most_capture.2x16" >$(DRV_DIR)/add_link
> +        $ echo "mdev0:ep83:sound:create" >$(DRV_DIR)/sound_card
> 
> It's sort of a separate command in a way?

Why is sysfs being used for configuring things?  Isn't that what
configfs was created for?  :)

thanks,

greg k-h


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