From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Clemens Ladisch Subject: Re: [alsa-lib PATCH 2/4] Search-and-replace improve documentation language Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:37:48 +0100 Message-ID: <4F05615C.4030800@ladisch.de> References: <20120104201137.GD9868@foghorn.codeweavers.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from out5.smtp.messagingengine.com (out5.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.29]) by alsa0.perex.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 242C024586 for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2012 09:38:21 +0100 (CET) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.42]) by gateway1.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9274020DB4 for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2012 03:38:11 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.42.121] (unknown [46.115.39.213]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 165738E00AE for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2012 03:38:10 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org Errors-To: alsa-devel-bounces@alsa-project.org To: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org List-Id: alsa-devel@alsa-project.org Raymond Yau wrote: >> + * This function should only be called when the configuration space >> + * contains a single configuration. Call #snd_pcm_hw_params to choose >> + * a single configuration from the configuration space. >> */ >> int snd_pcm_hw_params_can_pause(const snd_pcm_hw_params_t *params) > > What is the meaning of the configuration space contains a single configuration ? > > since the hardware either support pause or does not support pause You cannot guarantee this for all future hardware, and not for plugins that select different hardware depending on parameters. Regards, Clemens