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ALSA: doc: Clarify IEC958 controls iface

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The doc currently mentions that the IEC958 Playback Default should be
exposed on the PCM iface, and the Playback Mask on the mixer iface.

It's a bit confusing to advise to have two related controls on two
separate ifaces, and it looks like the drivers that currently expose
those controls use any combination of the mixer and PCM ifaces.

Let's try to clarify the situation a bit, and encourage to at least have
the controls on the same iface.

Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime@cerno.tech>
Reviewed-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210525132354.297468-2-maxime@cerno.tech
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@ -3508,14 +3508,15 @@ field must be set, though).
“IEC958 Playback Con Mask” is used to return the bit-mask for the IEC958 “IEC958 Playback Con Mask” is used to return the bit-mask for the IEC958
status bits of consumer mode. Similarly, “IEC958 Playback Pro Mask” status bits of consumer mode. Similarly, “IEC958 Playback Pro Mask”
returns the bitmask for professional mode. They are read-only controls, returns the bitmask for professional mode. They are read-only controls.
and are defined as MIXER controls (iface =
``SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_IFACE_MIXER``).
Meanwhile, “IEC958 Playback Default” control is defined for getting and Meanwhile, “IEC958 Playback Default” control is defined for getting and
setting the current default IEC958 bits. Note that this one is usually setting the current default IEC958 bits.
defined as a PCM control (iface = ``SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_IFACE_PCM``),
although in some places it's defined as a MIXER control. Due to historical reasons, both variants of the Playback Mask and the
Playback Default controls can be implemented on either a
``SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_IFACE_PCM`` or a ``SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_IFACE_MIXER`` iface.
Drivers should expose the mask and default on the same iface though.
In addition, you can define the control switches to enable/disable or to In addition, you can define the control switches to enable/disable or to
set the raw bit mode. The implementation will depend on the chip, but set the raw bit mode. The implementation will depend on the chip, but