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-rw-r--r--lib/libsndio/sioctl_open.317
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libsndio/sioctl_open.3 b/lib/libsndio/sioctl_open.3
index f4edb55929e..b1204552e01 100644
--- a/lib/libsndio/sioctl_open.3
+++ b/lib/libsndio/sioctl_open.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: sioctl_open.3,v 1.7 2020/06/18 14:49:46 schwarze Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: sioctl_open.3,v 1.8 2020/06/18 16:21:28 schwarze Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2011-2020 Alexandre Ratchov <alex@caoua.org>
.\"
@@ -82,8 +82,7 @@ Each control has an integer
.Em address
and an integer
.Em value .
-Depending on the control type, its integer value represents either a
-continuous quantity or a boolean.
+Some values are boolean and can only be switched to either 0 (off) or 1 (on).
Any control may be changed by submitting
a new value to its address.
When values change, asynchronous notifications are sent.
@@ -156,7 +155,7 @@ struct sioctl_desc {
unsigned int addr; /* control address */
#define SIOCTL_NONE 0 /* deleted */
#define SIOCTL_NUM 2 /* integer in the maxval range */
-#define SIOCTL_SW 3 /* on/off switch (0 or 1) */
+#define SIOCTL_SW 3 /* on/off switch (1 or 0) */
#define SIOCTL_VEC 4 /* number, element of vector */
#define SIOCTL_LIST 5 /* switch, element of a list */
unsigned int type; /* one of above */
@@ -182,19 +181,19 @@ Possible types are:
.It Dv SIOCTL_NONE
A previously valid control was deleted.
.It Dv SIOCTL_NUM
-A continuous control in the range from 0 to
+An integer control in the range from 0 to
.Fa maxval ,
inclusive.
For instance the volume of the speaker.
.It Dv SIOCTL_SW
-A on/off switch control.
+A boolean control.
For instance the switch to mute the speaker.
.It Dv SIOCTL_VEC
-Element of an array of continuous controls.
+Element of an array of integer controls.
For instance the knob to control the amount of signal flowing
from the line input to the speaker.
.It Dv SIOCTL_LIST
-An element of an array of on/off switches.
+An element of an array of boolean switches.
For instance the line-in position of the
speaker source selector.
.El
@@ -238,7 +237,7 @@ The
.Fn sioctl_onval
function can be used to register a call-back which will be invoked whenever
a control changes.
-Continuous values are in the range from 0 to
+Integer values are in the range from 0 to
.Fa maxval .
.Ss Interface to poll(2)
The