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author | Takashi Iwai <tiwai@alsa3.local> | 2008-12-28 16:45:34 +0100 |
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committer | Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> | 2009-01-12 15:21:53 +0100 |
commit | d453379bc5d34d7f55b55931245de5ac1896fd8d (patch) | |
tree | 2575bd4613f30a1a04aa352b7aa64499556be86d /Documentation | |
parent | bd7dd77c2a05c530684eea2e3af16449ae9c5d52 (diff) |
ALSA: Update description of snd_card_create() in documents
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sound/alsa/DocBook/writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl | 44 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/DocBook/writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl b/Documentation/sound/alsa/DocBook/writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl index 87a7c07ab65..320384c1791 100644 --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/DocBook/writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/DocBook/writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl @@ -492,9 +492,9 @@ } /* (2) */ - card = snd_card_new(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, 0); - if (card == NULL) - return -ENOMEM; + err = snd_card_create(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, 0, &card); + if (err < 0) + return err; /* (3) */ err = snd_mychip_create(card, pci, &chip); @@ -590,8 +590,9 @@ <programlisting> <![CDATA[ struct snd_card *card; + int err; .... - card = snd_card_new(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, 0); + err = snd_card_create(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, 0, &card); ]]> </programlisting> </informalexample> @@ -809,26 +810,28 @@ <para> As mentioned above, to create a card instance, call - <function>snd_card_new()</function>. + <function>snd_card_create()</function>. <informalexample> <programlisting> <![CDATA[ struct snd_card *card; - card = snd_card_new(index, id, module, extra_size); + int err; + err = snd_card_create(index, id, module, extra_size, &card); ]]> </programlisting> </informalexample> </para> <para> - The function takes four arguments, the card-index number, the + The function takes five arguments, the card-index number, the id string, the module pointer (usually <constant>THIS_MODULE</constant>), - and the size of extra-data space. The last argument is used to + the size of extra-data space, and the pointer to return the + card instance. The extra_size argument is used to allocate card->private_data for the chip-specific data. Note that these data - are allocated by <function>snd_card_new()</function>. + are allocated by <function>snd_card_create()</function>. </para> </section> @@ -915,15 +918,16 @@ </para> <section id="card-management-chip-specific-snd-card-new"> - <title>1. Allocating via <function>snd_card_new()</function>.</title> + <title>1. Allocating via <function>snd_card_create()</function>.</title> <para> As mentioned above, you can pass the extra-data-length - to the 4th argument of <function>snd_card_new()</function>, i.e. + to the 4th argument of <function>snd_card_create()</function>, i.e. <informalexample> <programlisting> <![CDATA[ - card = snd_card_new(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, sizeof(struct mychip)); + err = snd_card_create(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, + sizeof(struct mychip), &card); ]]> </programlisting> </informalexample> @@ -952,8 +956,8 @@ <para> After allocating a card instance via - <function>snd_card_new()</function> (with - <constant>NULL</constant> on the 4th arg), call + <function>snd_card_create()</function> (with + <constant>0</constant> on the 4th arg), call <function>kzalloc()</function>. <informalexample> @@ -961,7 +965,7 @@ <![CDATA[ struct snd_card *card; struct mychip *chip; - card = snd_card_new(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, NULL); + err = snd_card_create(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, 0, &card); ..... chip = kzalloc(sizeof(*chip), GFP_KERNEL); ]]> @@ -5750,8 +5754,9 @@ struct _snd_pcm_runtime { .... struct snd_card *card; struct mychip *chip; + int err; .... - card = snd_card_new(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, NULL); + err = snd_card_create(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, 0, &card); .... chip = kzalloc(sizeof(*chip), GFP_KERNEL); .... @@ -5763,7 +5768,7 @@ struct _snd_pcm_runtime { </informalexample> When you created the chip data with - <function>snd_card_new()</function>, it's anyway accessible + <function>snd_card_create()</function>, it's anyway accessible via <structfield>private_data</structfield> field. <informalexample> @@ -5775,9 +5780,10 @@ struct _snd_pcm_runtime { .... struct snd_card *card; struct mychip *chip; + int err; .... - card = snd_card_new(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, - sizeof(struct mychip)); + err = snd_card_create(index[dev], id[dev], THIS_MODULE, + sizeof(struct mychip), &card); .... chip = card->private_data; .... |