+ <section id="control-interface-tlv">
+ <title>Metadata</title>
+ <para>
+ To provide information about the dB values of a mixer control, use
+ on of the <constant>DECLARE_TLV_xxx</constant> macros from
+ <filename><sound/tlv.h></filename> to define a variable
+ containing this information, set the<structfield>tlv.p
+ </structfield> field to point to this variable, and include the
+ <constant>SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_ACCESS_TLV_READ</constant> flag in the
+ <structfield>access</structfield> field; like this:
+ <informalexample>
+ <programlisting>
+<![CDATA[
+ static DECLARE_TLV_DB_SCALE(db_scale_my_control, -4050, 150, 0);
+
+ static struct snd_kcontrol_new my_control __devinitdata = {
+ ...
+ .access = SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_ACCESS_READWRITE |
+ SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_ACCESS_TLV_READ,
+ ...
+ .tlv.p = db_scale_my_control,
+ };
+]]>
+ </programlisting>
+ </informalexample>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The <function>DECLARE_TLV_DB_SCALE</function> macro defines
+ information about a mixer control where each step in the control's
+ value changes the dB value by a constant dB amount.
+ The first parameter is the name of the variable to be defined.
+ The second parameter is the minimum value, in units of 0.01 dB.
+ The third parameter is the step size, in units of 0.01 dB.
+ Set the fourth parameter to 1 if the minimum value actually mutes
+ the control.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The <function>DECLARE_TLV_DB_LINEAR</function> macro defines
+ information about a mixer control where the control's value affects
+ the output linearly.
+ The first parameter is the name of the variable to be defined.
+ The second parameter is the minimum value, in units of 0.01 dB.
+ The third parameter is the maximum value, in units of 0.01 dB.
+ If the minimum value mutes the control, set the second parameter to
+ <constant>TLV_DB_GAIN_MUTE</constant>.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+