audiovia823x(7D) audiovia823x(7D)
NAME
audiovia823x - VIA VT823x (VT8233, VT8235, VT8237) south bridge audio digital controller interface
DESCRIPTION
The VT823x device uses the VT823x south bridge audio digital controller and an AC-97 Codec to implement the audio device interface.
APPLICATION PROGRAM INTERFACE
This interface is described in the mixer(7I) and audio(7I) manual pages.
Driver Versions
Applications that open /dev/audio can use the AUDIO_GETDEV ioctl(2) to determine which audio device is being used. The audiovia823x driver
returns the string SUNW,audiovia823x in the name field of the audio_device structure. The version field contains the letter "a" and the
config field contains the string onboard1.
Platform Ver. Out H. P. Spkr In Mic CD
x86 w/
VT823x
s. bridge a Y Y Y Y Y Y
Key to the above table: Ver = Version. Out = Line Out. H. P. = Head Phone. Spkr = Internal Speaker. In = Line In. Mic. = Microphone. CD =
CD-ROM.
The VT823x device provides support for the internal speaker, headphone, line out, line in and microphone. The play.mod_ports and
record.mod_ports fields of the audio_info structure (see audio(7I)) indicate which ports may be manipulated.
Audio Mixer Mode
The configuration file /kernel/drv/audiovia823x.conf is used to configure the audiovia823x driver so that the audio mixer is enabled or
disabled. See the mixer(7I) manual page for details. The audio mixer mode may be changed at any time using the mixerctl(1) or sdtaudiocon-
trol(1) applications. Note that some systems may not support sample rates other than 48K and the compatible mode may not work as expected.
On such systems, the mixer mode is preferred.
Audio Data Formats
The VT823x device supports 8-bit linear and 16-bit linear encodings in mono and stereo. With the mixer enabled, a continuous range of sam-
ple rates from 5510 to 48000 Hz is supported. With the mixer disabled, the following sample rates are supported: 5510, 6620, 8000, 9600,
11025,
16000, 18900, 22050, 27420, 32000, 33075, 37800, 4410, and 48000 Hz. The device can be opened for simultaneous playing and recording
whether the mixer is enabled or not.
Sample Granularity
Because the VT823x device manipulates buffers of audio data, the reported input and output sample counts will vary at any given time from
the actual sample count by no more than the size of the buffers the audiovia823x driver is transferring. In general, programs should
not
rely on the absolute accuracy of the play.samples and record.samples fields of the audio_info structure.
Interrupt Rate
The driver determines the frequency of play and record interrupts. For playing audio, this determines how often and how much audio is
requested from the audio mixer. The impact of interrupts on recording is minimal. However, if a very small read buffer size is set, the
record interrupt rate
should be increased to prevent the buffer from overflowing. The play and record interrupt rates are tunable in the /ker-
nel/drv/audiovia823x.conf file.
Audio Status Change Notification
As described in the audio(7I) and mixer(7I) man pages, it is possible to request asynchronous notification of changes in the state of an
audio device.
audiovia823x errors are described in the audio(7I) man pages.
/dev/audio
Symbolic link to the system's primary audio device. (Not necessarily a VT823x audio device).
/dev/audioctl
Control device for the primary audio device.
/dev/sound/0
Represents the first audio device on the system. (Not necessarily a audVT823x audio device).
/dev/sound/0ctl
Audio control for /dev/sound/0.
/usr/share/audio/samples
Audio sample files.
/kernel/drv/audiovia823x.conf
Audiovia823x driver configuration file.
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+--------------------+---------------------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+---------------------------------------+
|Architecture | PC-based system |
+--------------------+---------------------------------------+
|Availability | SUNWaudd, SUNWauda |
+--------------------+---------------------------------------+
|Interface Stability | Evolving |
+--------------------+---------------------------------------+
mixerctl(1), sdtaudiocontrol(1), ioctl(2), attributes(5), audio(7I), mixer(7I), streamio(7I)
VIA VT823x (VT8233, VT8235, VT8237) South Bridge Data Sheet
http://www.sun.com/io
DIAGNOSTICS
In addition to being logged, the following messages may appear on the system console:
init_state() play interrupt rate set too low.
The play interrupt rate specified in audiovia823x.conf is set too low. It is being reset to the rate specified in the message. Update
audiovia823x.conf to a higher play interrupt rate.
init_state() play interrupt rate set too high.
The play interrupt rate specified in audiovia823x.conf is set too high. It is being reset to the rate specified in the message. Update
audiovia823x.conf to a lower play interrupt rate.
init_state() record interrupt rate set too low.
The record interrupt rate specified in audiovia823xs.conf is set too low. It is being reset to the rate specified in the message.
Update audiovia823x.conf to a higher record interrupt rate.
init_state() record interrupt rate set too high.
The record interrupt rate specified in audiovia823x.conf is set too high. It is being reset to the rate specified in the message.
Update audiovia823x.conf to a lower record interrupt rate.
20 Jan 2005 audiovia823x(7D)