ALSA: hda - Clarify CONFIG_SND_HDA_RECONFIG usages

[cascardo/linux.git] / sound / pci / hda / Kconfig

diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/Kconfig b/sound/pci/hda/Kconfig
index bb02c2d..7f3b5ed 100644 (file)
--- a/sound/pci/hda/Kconfig
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/Kconfig
@@ -50,9 +50,13 @@ config SND_HDA_RECONFIG
        bool "Allow dynamic codec reconfiguration"
        help
          Say Y here to enable the HD-audio codec re-configuration feature.
-         This adds the sysfs interfaces to allow user to clear the whole
-         codec configuration, change the codec setup, add extra verbs,
-         and re-configure the codec dynamically.
+         It allows user to clear the whole codec configuration, change the
+         codec setup, add extra verbs, and re-configure the codec dynamically.
+
+         Note that this item alone doesn't provide the sysfs interface, but
+         enables the feature just for the patch loader below.
+         If you need the traditional sysfs entries for the manual interaction,
+         turn on CONFIG_SND_HDA_HWDEP as well.
 
 config SND_HDA_INPUT_BEEP
        bool "Support digital beep via input layer"