Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751456AbWIFPbk (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Sep 2006 11:31:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751457AbWIFPbk (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Sep 2006 11:31:40 -0400 Received: from gate.perex.cz ([85.132.177.35]:4299 "EHLO gate.perex.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751456AbWIFPbj (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Sep 2006 11:31:39 -0400 Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 17:31:37 +0200 (CEST) From: Jaroslav Kysela X-X-Sender: perex@tm8103.perex-int.cz To: LKML Subject: ALSA planed changes for 2.6.19 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1721 Lines: 45 Here is a short summary of ALSA changes planed to merge into 2.6.19. All changes are in GIT tree [1]. * core changes - Control API - TLV implementation This extension implements a TLV mechanism to transfer an additional information like dB scale to the user space. Most of drivers were updated to support dB scale information. - system timer: cleanups, fixes - hotplug changes + snd /proc interface - fix disconnection + unregister device files at disconnection + deprecate snd_card_free_in_thread() - Add pcm_class attribute to PCM sysfs entry * AC97 codec - add experimental support of aggressive AC97 power-saving mode - add codec-specific controls for UCB1400 * HDA codec - a lot of codec specific updates - add independent headphone volume control - enable center/LFE speaker on some laptops * intel-hda - Switch to polling mode for CORB/RIRB communication * emu10k1 - Implement 24bit capture via Philips 1361T ADC for SB0240 card * add snd-mts64 driver for ESI Miditerminal 4140 * es18xx - Add PnP BIOS support * ice1724 - Revolution 5.1 support * sparc dbri updates * hdsp - Fix auto-updating of firmware * usbaudio - Support for non-standard rates in USB audio driver [1] http://www.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/perex/alsa-current.git http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/perex/alsa-current.git Jaroslav ----- Jaroslav Kysela Linux Kernel Sound Maintainer ALSA Project, SUSE Labs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/