vserver 1.9.5.x5

[linux-2.6.git] / sound / drivers / Kconfig

diff --git a/sound/drivers/Kconfig b/sound/drivers/Kconfig
index 9ff4df2..3b2bee1 100644 (file)
--- a/sound/drivers/Kconfig
+++ b/sound/drivers/Kconfig
@@ -30,8 +30,14 @@ config SND_DUMMY
        depends on SND
        select SND_PCM
        help
-         Say 'Y' or 'M' to include dummy driver. This driver does nothing, but
-         emulates various mixer controls and PCM devices.
+         Say Y here to include the dummy driver.  This driver does
+         nothing, but emulates various mixer controls and PCM devices.
+
+         You don't need this unless you're testing the hardware support
+         of programs using the ALSA API.
+
+         To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
+         will be called snd-dummy.
 
 config SND_VIRMIDI
        tristate "Virtual MIDI soundcard"
@@ -39,8 +45,14 @@ config SND_VIRMIDI
        select SND_TIMER
        select SND_RAWMIDI
        help
-         Say 'Y' or 'M' to include virtual MIDI driver. This driver allows to
-         connect applications using raw MIDI devices to sequencer.
+         Say Y here to include the virtual MIDI driver.  This driver
+         allows to connect applications using raw MIDI devices to
+         sequencer clients.
+
+         If you don't know what MIDI is, say N here.
+
+         To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
+         will be called snd-virmidi.
 
 config SND_MTPAV
        tristate "MOTU MidiTimePiece AV multiport MIDI"
@@ -48,23 +60,39 @@ config SND_MTPAV
        select SND_TIMER
        select SND_RAWMIDI
        help
-         Say 'Y' or 'M' to include support for MOTU MidiTimePiece AV multiport
-         MIDI adapter.
+         To use a MOTU MidiTimePiece AV multiport MIDI adapter
+         connected to the parallel port, say Y here and make sure that
+         the standard parallel port driver isn't used for the port.
+
+         To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
+         will be called snd-mtpav.
 
 config SND_SERIAL_U16550
-       tristate "UART16550 - MIDI only driver"
+       tristate "UART16550 serial MIDI driver"
        depends on SND
        select SND_TIMER
        select SND_RAWMIDI
        help
-         Say 'Y' or 'M' to include support for MIDI serial port driver. It works
-         with serial UARTs 16550 and better.
+         To include support for MIDI serial port interfaces, say Y here
+         and read <file:Documentation/sound/alsa/serial-u16550.txt>.
+         This driver works with serial UARTs 16550 and better.
+
+         This driver accesses the serial port hardware directly, so
+         make sure that the standard serial driver isn't used or
+         deactivated with setserial before loading this driver.
+
+         To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
+         will be called snd-serial-u16550.
 
 config SND_MPU401
        tristate "Generic MPU-401 UART driver"
        depends on SND
        select SND_MPU401_UART
        help
-         Say 'Y' or 'M' to include support for MPU401 hardware using UART access.
+         Say Y here to include support for MIDI ports compatible with
+         the Roland MPU-401 interface in UART mode.
+
+         To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
+         will be called snd-mpu401.
 
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