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+/*
+ * BSD LICENSE
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2011-2012, Intel Corporation
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+ *
+ * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
+ * this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
+ * this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
+ * and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ * Neither the name of Intel Corporation nor the names of its contributors
+ * may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+ * without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
+ * AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+ * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+ * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
+ * LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
+ * CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
+ * SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
+ * INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+ * CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
+ * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF
+ * THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ * LGPL LICENSE
+ *
+ * tinycompress library for compress audio offload in alsa
+ * Copyright (c) 2011-2012, Intel Corporation.
+ *
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser General Public License,
+ * version 2.1, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to
+ * the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin St - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ */
+
+
+#ifndef __TINYCOMPRESS_H
+#define __TINYCOMPRESS_H
+
+#if defined(__cplusplus)
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+/*
+ * struct compr_config: config structure, needs to be filled by app
+ * If fragment_size or fragments are zero, this means "don't care"
+ * and tinycompress will choose values that the driver supports
+ *
+ * @fragment_size: size of fragment requested, in bytes
+ * @fragments: number of fragments
+ * @codec: codec type and parameters requested
+ */
+struct compr_config {
+	__u32 fragment_size;
+	__u32 fragments;
+	struct snd_codec *codec;
+};
+
+struct compr_gapless_mdata {
+	__u32 encoder_delay;
+	__u32 encoder_padding;
+};
+
+#define COMPRESS_OUT        0x00000000
+#define COMPRESS_IN         0x10000000
+
+struct compress;
+struct snd_compr_tstamp;
+
+/*
+ * compress_open: open a new compress stream
+ * returns the valid struct compress on success, NULL on failure
+ * If config does not specify a requested fragment size, on return
+ * it will be updated with the size and number of fragments that
+ * were configured
+ *
+ * @card: sound card number
+ * @device: device number
+ * @flags: device flags can be COMPRESS_OUT or COMPRESS_IN
+ * @config: stream config requested. Returns actual fragment config
+ */
+struct compress *compress_open(unsigned int card, unsigned int device,
+		unsigned int flags, struct compr_config *config);
+
+/*
+ * compress_close: close the compress stream
+ *
+ * @compress: compress stream to be closed
+ */
+void compress_close(struct compress *compress);
+
+/*
+ * compress_get_hpointer: get the hw timestamp
+ * return 0 on success, negative on error
+ *
+ * @compress: compress stream on which query is made
+ * @avail: buffer availble for write/read, in bytes
+ * @tstamp: hw time
+ */
+int compress_get_hpointer(struct compress *compress,
+		unsigned int *avail, struct timespec *tstamp);
+
+
+/*
+ * compress_get_tstamp: get the raw hw timestamp
+ * return 0 on success, negative on error
+ *
+ * @compress: compress stream on which query is made
+ * @samples: number of decoded samples played
+ * @sampling_rate: sampling rate of decoded samples
+ */
+int compress_get_tstamp(struct compress *compress,
+		unsigned long *samples, unsigned int *sampling_rate);
+
+/*
+ * compress_write: write data to the compress stream
+ * return bytes written on success, negative on error
+ * this is a blocking call
+ *
+ * @compress: compress stream to be written to
+ * @buf: pointer to data
+ * @size: number of bytes to be written
+ */
+int compress_write(struct compress *compress, const void *buf, unsigned int size);
+
+/*
+ * compress_read: read data from the compress stream
+ * return bytes read on success, negative on error
+ *
+ * @compress: compress stream from where data is to be read
+ * @buf: pointer to data buffer
+ * @size: size of given buffer
+ */
+int compress_read(struct compress *compress, void *buf, unsigned int size);
+
+/*
+ * compress_start: start the compress stream
+ * return 0 on success, negative on error
+ *
+ * @compress: compress stream to be started
+ */
+int compress_start(struct compress *compress);
+
+/*
+ * compress_stop: stop the compress stream
+ * return 0 on success, negative on error
+ *
+ * @compress: compress stream to be stopped
+ */
+int compress_stop(struct compress *compress);
+
+/*
+ * compress_pause: pause the compress stream
+ * return 0 on success, negative on error
+ *
+ * @compress: compress stream to be paused
+ */
+int compress_pause(struct compress *compress);
+
+/*
+ * compress_resume: resume the compress stream
+ * return 0 on success, negative on error
+ *
+ * @compress: compress stream to be resumed
+ */
+int compress_resume(struct compress *compress);
+
+/*
+ * compress_drain: drain the compress stream
+ * return 0 on success, negative on error
+ *
+ * @compress: compress stream to be drain
+ */
+int compress_drain(struct compress *compress);
+
+/*
+ * compress_next_track: set the next track for stream
+ *
+ * return 0 on success, negative on error
+ *
+ * @compress: compress stream to be transistioned to next track
+ */
+int compress_next_track(struct compress *compress);
+
+/*
+ * compress_partial_drain: drain will return after the last frame is decoded
+ * by DSP and will play the , All the data written into compressed
+ * ring buffer is decoded
+ *
+ * return 0 on success, negative on error
+ *
+ * @compress: compress stream to be drain
+ */
+int compress_partial_drain(struct compress *compress);
+
+/*
+ * compress_set_gapless_metadata: set gapless metadata of a compress strem
+ *
+ * return 0 on success, negative on error
+ *
+ * @compress: compress stream for which metadata has to set
+ * @mdata: metadata encoder delay and  padding
+ */
+
+int compress_set_gapless_metadata(struct compress *compress,
+			struct compr_gapless_mdata *mdata);
+
+/*
+ * is_codec_supported:check if the given codec is supported
+ * returns true when supported, false if not
+ *
+ * @card: sound card number
+ * @device: device number
+ * @flags: stream flags
+ * @codec: codec type and parameters to be checked
+ */
+bool is_codec_supported(unsigned int card, unsigned int device,
+	       unsigned int flags, struct snd_codec *codec);
+
+/*
+ * compress_set_max_poll_wait: set the maximum time tinycompress
+ * will wait for driver to signal a poll(). Interval is in
+ * milliseconds.
+ * Pass interval of -1 to disable timeout and make poll() wait
+ * until driver signals.
+ * If this function is not used the timeout defaults to 20 seconds.
+ */
+void compress_set_max_poll_wait(struct compress *compress, int milliseconds);
+
+int is_compress_running(struct compress *compress);
+
+int is_compress_ready(struct compress *compress);
+
+/* Returns a human readable reason for the last error */
+const char *compress_get_error(struct compress *compress);
+/*
+ * since the SNDRV_PCM_RATE_* is not availble anywhere in userspace
+ * and we have used these to define the sampling rate, we need to define
+ * then here
+ */
+#define SNDRV_PCM_RATE_5512		(1<<0)		/* 5512Hz */
+#define SNDRV_PCM_RATE_8000		(1<<1)		/* 8000Hz */
+#define SNDRV_PCM_RATE_11025		(1<<2)		/* 11025Hz */
+#define SNDRV_PCM_RATE_16000		(1<<3)		/* 16000Hz */
+#define SNDRV_PCM_RATE_22050		(1<<4)		/* 22050Hz */
+#define SNDRV_PCM_RATE_32000		(1<<5)		/* 32000Hz */
+#define SNDRV_PCM_RATE_44100		(1<<6)		/* 44100Hz */
+#define SNDRV_PCM_RATE_48000		(1<<7)		/* 48000Hz */
+#define SNDRV_PCM_RATE_64000		(1<<8)		/* 64000Hz */
+#define SNDRV_PCM_RATE_88200		(1<<9)		/* 88200Hz */
+#define SNDRV_PCM_RATE_96000		(1<<10)		/* 96000Hz */
+#define SNDRV_PCM_RATE_176400		(1<<11)		/* 176400Hz */
+#define SNDRV_PCM_RATE_192000		(1<<12)		/* 192000Hz */
+
+#endif