Commit e3f76858 authored by Jaroslav Kysela's avatar Jaroslav Kysela

[ALSA] Add description about hotplug fw loader

Documentation
New descriptions about hotplug fw loader for vx and mixart drivers.
Signed-off-by: default avatarTakashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
parent 14b87c6e
......@@ -775,6 +775,12 @@ Module parameters
Note: One miXart8 board will be represented as 4 alsa cards.
See MIXART.txt for details.
When the driver is compiled as a module and the hotplug firmware
is supported, the firmware data is loaded via hotplug automatically.
Install the necessary firmware files in alsa-firmware package.
When no hotplug fw loader is available, you need to load the
firmware via mixartoader utility in alsa-tools package.
Module snd-mpu401
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......@@ -1213,9 +1219,12 @@ Module parameters
Module supports up to 8 cards.
For loading the firmware, use vxloader utility in alsa-tools
and alsa-firmware packages. You can load the firmware automatically
by adding the following to /etc/modprobe.conf
When the driver is compiled as a module and the hotplug firmware
is supported, the firmware data is loaded via hotplug automatically.
Install the necessary firmware files in alsa-firmware package.
When no hotplug fw loader is available, you need to load the
firmware via vxloader utility in alsa-tools package. To invoke
vxloader automatically, add the following to /etc/modprobe.conf
install snd-vx222 /sbin/modprobe --first-time -i snd-vx222 && /usr/bin/vxloader
......@@ -1244,8 +1253,11 @@ Module parameters
To activate the driver via the card manager, you'll need to set
up /etc/pcmcia/vxpocket.conf. See the sound/pcmcia/vx/vxpocket.c.
For loading the firmware, use vxloader utility in alsa-tools
and alsa-firmware packages.
When the driver is compiled as a module and the hotplug firmware
is supported, the firmware data is loaded via hotplug automatically.
Install the necessary firmware files in alsa-firmware package.
When no hotplug fw loader is available, you need to load the
firmware via vxloader utility in alsa-tools package.
The irq_mask and irq_list are provided to avoid allocation of
specific IRQs. Usually you don't need to specify them.
......@@ -1270,8 +1282,11 @@ Module parameters
To activate the driver via the card manager, you'll need to set
up /etc/pcmcia/vxp440.conf. See the sound/pcmcia/vx/vxp440.c.
For loading the firmware, use vxloader utility in alsa-tools
and alsa-firmware packages.
When the driver is compiled as a module and the hotplug firmware
is supported, the firmware data is loaded via hotplug automatically.
Install the necessary firmware files in alsa-firmware package.
When no hotplug fw loader is available, you need to load the
firmware via vxloader utility in alsa-tools package.
The irq_mask and irq_list are provided to avoid allocation of
specific IRQs. Usually you don't need to specify them.
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