[ALSA] ice1724 - Add comments for naming of PCM streams

[pandora-kernel.git] / sound / pci / ice1712 / ice1724.c

diff --git a/sound/pci/ice1712/ice1724.c b/sound/pci/ice1712/ice1724.c
index 0666cbc..6a29bcf 100644 (file)
--- a/sound/pci/ice1712/ice1724.c
+++ b/sound/pci/ice1712/ice1724.c
@@ -2345,6 +2345,14 @@ static int __devinit snd_vt1724_probe(struct pci_dev *pci,
        }
        c = &no_matched;
  __found:
+       /*
+        * VT1724 has separate DMAs for the analog and the SPDIF streams while
+        * ICE1712 has only one for both (mixed up).
+        *
+        * Confusingly the analog PCM is named "professional" here because it
+        * was called so in ice1712 driver, and vt1724 driver is derived from
+        * ice1712 driver.
+        */
 
        if ((err = snd_vt1724_pcm_profi(ice, pcm_dev++)) < 0) {
                snd_card_free(card);