[alsa-devel] How can I make sure the period size is a multiple of 16?

[Timur Tabi]

Eliot Blennerhassett wrote:

> You need to add some constraints to your driver, in the open callback.
> E.g.
> snd_pcm_hw_constraint_step(runtime, 0, SNDRV_PCM_HW_PARAM_PERIOD_BYTES, 16);

Thanks.  snd_pcm_hw_constraint_step() is not documented anywhere, and the 
comments in the source code don't provide any clues, either.  Even the "ALSA 
Driver API" document just lists the function, but doesn't actually tell you 
what it does.

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Timur Tabi
Linux Kernel Developer @ Freescale