control的主要用于mixer。它能被用户空间存取,从而读写CODEC相关寄存器,可以控制amix指令,它用snd_kcontrol_new结构体描述
相关结构体
struct snd_kcontrol_new {
snd_ctl_elem_iface_t iface; /* interface identifier */
unsigned int device; /* device/client number */
unsigned int subdevice; /* subdevice (substream) number */
const unsigned char *name; /* ASCII name of item */
unsigned int index; /* index of item */
unsigned int access; /* access rights */
unsigned int count; /* count of same elements */
snd_kcontrol_info_t *info;
snd_kcontrol_get_t *get;
snd_kcontrol_put_t *put;
union {
snd_kcontrol_tlv_rw_t *c;
const unsigned int *p;
} tlv;
unsigned long private_value;
};
iface字段指出了control的类型,alsa定义了几种类型(SNDDRV_CTL_ELEM_IFACE_XXX),常用的类型是MIXER,当然也可以定义属于全局的CARD类型,也可以定义属于某类设备的类型,
#define SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_IFACE_CARD ((__force snd_ctl_elem_iface_t) 0) /* global control */
#define SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_IFACE_HWDEP ((__force snd_ctl_elem_iface_t) 1) /* hardware dependent device */
#define SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_IFACE_MIXER ((__force snd_ctl_elem_iface_t) 2) /* virtual mixer device */
#define SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_IFACE_PCM ((__force snd_ctl_elem_iface_t) 3) /* PCM device */
#define SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_IFACE_RAWMIDI ((__force snd_ctl_elem_iface_t) 4) /* RawMidi device */
#define SNDR