ALSA CVS update

D:2003/08/27 17:05:36
C:Documentation
A:Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
F:Documentation/OSS-Emulation.txt:1.4->1.5 
L:added descriptions for whole-frag and no-silence commands.

Documentation/sound/alsa/OSS-Emulation.txt

@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ available:
 	direct		don't use plugins
 	block		force block open mode
 	non-block	force non-block open mode
+	whole-frag	write only whole fragments (optimization affecting
+			playback only)
+	no-silence	do not fill silence ahead to avoid clicks
 
 The disable option is useful when one stream direction (playback or
 capture) is not handled correctly by the application although the
@@ -185,6 +188,12 @@ for OSS devices, define like the following:
 
 	options snd-pcm-oss nonblock_open=1
 
+The whole-frag and no-silence commands have been added recently.
+Both commands are for optimization use only.  The former command
+specifies to invoke the write transfer only when the whole fragment is
+filled.  The latter stops writing the silence data ahead
+automatically.  Both are disabled as default.
+
 You can check the currently defined configuration by reading the proc
 file.  The read image can be sent to the proc file again, hence you
 can save the current configuration