alsa-lib alsa-utils 1.2.9

[Bruce Dubbs]

New point version.

[Tim Tassonis]

Webpage is not yet updated with new links, but I found the changelog:

​https://www.alsa-project.org/wiki/Changes_v1.2.8_v1.2.9

alsa-lib ========

Core

• Release v1.2.9
• pcm: add new symbols to Versions.in
• configure: avoid libdl detecion on *BSD
• include: alsa-symbols.h - use newer gcc symver function attribute

Control API

• pcm: add SND_CTL_EINTR open mode

PCM API

• pcm: hw: fix the silence size setup in drain
• pcm: remove duplicate SND_PCM_HW_PARAM_{FIRST,LAST}_* #defines
• pcm: add SND_PCM_EINTR open mode
• pcm: improve handling for snd_pcm_wait()
• pcm: hw: introduce SNDRV_PCM_HW_PARAMS_DRAIN_SILENCE
• pcm: hw: introduce SNDRV_PCM_INFO_PERFECT_DRAIN
• pcm: hw: add drain_silence configuration keyword
• pcm: hw: setup explicit silencing for snd_pcm_drain by default
• compilation: fix ANDROID -> ANDROID define detection
• pcm: avoid endless loop in snd_pcm_sw_params_default()
• pcm: hw - fix return code checking in snd_pcm_hw_hw_refine
• pcm: rate: fix last_commit_ptr boundary wrapping
• pcm: route/softvol use snd_config_get_ireal vs get_real to handle also integers
• pcm: fix the fast_ops pcm argument for fast_ops
• include: pcm_old.h - use a macro for the symbol versioning
• pcm: rate - correct the previous fix for snd_pcm_rate_may_wait_for_avail_min()
• pcm: rate - fix the crash in snd_pcm_rate_may_wait_for_avail_min()-

Topology API

• topology: Parse ignore_suspend property for dapm widget
• topology: Add decompilation support for ignore_suspend
• topology: Parse ignore_suspend flag
• topology: ctl - remove the wrong (debug) code
• test: latency - use snd_pcm_format_physical_width()

Use Case Manager API

• compilation: fix ANDROID -> ANDROID define detection
• ucm: fix geti() macro - return zero on success
• ucm: simplify and fix the previous patch (geti)
• ucm: add existence checks to geti calls
• ucm: fix possible memory leak in execute_sysw()
• ucm: execute_sysw - fix possible use-after-free
• ucm: handle empty string also for ${env:} substitution
• ucm: clarify set_defaults calls
• ucm: fix enhanced ID parsing in snd_use_case_parse_ctl_elem_id()

Compatibility routines

• type_compat.h: use ESPIPE instead of EPIPE when ESTRPIPE not defined

Configuration

• conf/emu10k1: remove compat with two decades old drivers
• compilation: fix ANDROID -> ANDROID define detection
• alsa-lib: conf - fix possible use-after-free in get_char_skip_comments-

Kernel Headers

• pcm: hw: introduce SNDRV_PCM_HW_PARAMS_DRAIN_SILENCE
• pcm: hw: introduce SNDRV_PCM_INFO_PERFECT_DRAIN

Test/Example code

• test: BSD-like fixes
• type_compat.h: use ESPIPE instead of EPIPE when ESTRPIPE not defined
• test: latency - --policy option - allow using SCHED_OTHER
• test: latency - add --policy option to allow using SCHED_FIFO
• test: latency - usleep should not be used in the block mode
• test: latency - add -y option (I/O usleep)
• latency: add timestamps to the POS lines
• test: latency - add more realtime tests
• test: latency - use snd_pcm_format_physical_width()

Utils

• utils/alsa.m4: include <stdlib.h> for exit()

alsa-utils ==========

Core

• Release v1.2.9
• configure.ac: fix build without dlfcn.h
• chore: Add link to master branch on GitHub Actions
• chore: Delete .travis.yml because of using not Travis CI but GitHub Actions

/include/Makefile.am

• include: fix package - add bswap.h and os_compat.h to noinst_HEADERS

ALSA Control (alsactl)

• alsactl: fix OpenBSD compilation (add include of os_compat.h)
• Add OpenBSD support

ALSA RawMidi Utility (amidi)

• Add OpenBSD support
• amidi: restore space between bytes

Audio Transfer utility

• aplay,axfer: Replace off64_t with off_t
• axfer: fix typo in manual

alsa-info.sh

• alsa-info.sh: increase version to 0.5.3
• alsa-info.sh: uname - reduce execs by four, and eliminate a logic bug

alsa-info.sh: Update test '-a' and '-o' to '&&' and '

'

• alsa-info.sh: print ctl-led list from sysfs

alsaconf

• Add Georgian translation

alsaloop

• alsaloop: fix loopcount condition
• Add OpenBSD support

alsamixer

• alsamixer: add -B,--black-background option

alsatplg (topology)

• topology: pre-processor: fix regular expression flags
• topology: pre-process-object: Expand definitions within strings
• topology: pre-process-object: Remove all trailing white space
• topology: pre-processor: support to include conf block with IncludeByKey
• topology: nhlt: intel: add support for ssp blob ver 1.5
• topology: plugins: nhlt: add ssp aux controls
• topology: propagate nhlt plugin error to main program
• topology: plugins: nhlt: fix ssp debug
• topology: nhlt: intel: ssp: fix obvious typo for 'codec_provider'
• topology: plugins: nhlt: fix ssp dai index
• topology: plugins: nhlt: add dmic dai index
• topology: plugins: fix off by 1 mem allocation error

alsaucm

• alsaucm: fix typo in docs (can can)
• alsaucm: add also card index for '-c' argument

aplay/arecord

• arecord: use correct duration
• aplay,axfer: Replace off64_t with off_t
• aplay: Fix parsing of format with WAV_FMT_EXTENSIBLE header

bat (basic audio tester)

• alsabat: improve error handling in bat_init()
• bat: Add 'readcapture' option to support analyzing external audio

[Tim Tassonis]

Fixed in commit b36aabe864

[pierre]

Closing, since it seems the ticket is done.

[Bruce Dubbs]

Milestone renamed