[ALSA] Control API - TLV implementation for additional information like dB scale

This patch implements a TLV mechanism to transfer an additional information
like dB scale to the user space. The types might be extended in future.
Acked-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>

include/sound/tlv.h

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+#ifndef __SOUND_TLV_H
+#define __SOUND_TLV_H
+
+/*
+ *  Advanced Linux Sound Architecture - ALSA - Driver
+ *  Copyright (c) 2006 by Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>
+ *
+ *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307 USA
+ *
+ */
+
+/*
+ * TLV structure is right behind the struct snd_ctl_tlv:
+ *   unsigned int type  	- see SNDRV_CTL_TLVT_*
+ *   unsigned int length
+ *   .... data aligned to sizeof(unsigned int), use
+ *        block_length = (length + (sizeof(unsigned int) - 1)) &
+ *                       ~(sizeof(unsigned int) - 1)) ....
+ */
+
+#define SNDRV_CTL_TLVT_CONTAINER 0	/* one level down - group of TLVs */
+#define SNDRV_CTL_TLVT_DB_SCALE	1       /* dB scale */
+
+#define DECLARE_TLV_DB_SCALE(name, min, step, mute) \
+unsigned int name[] = { \
+        SNDRV_CTL_TLVT_DB_SCALE, 2 * sizeof(unsigned int), \
+        (min), ((step) & 0xffff) | ((mute) ? 0x10000 : 0) \
+}
+
+#endif /* __SOUND_TLV_H */