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+/*
+ *  PCM - A-Law conversion
+ *  Copyright (c) 2000 by Abramo Bagnara <abramo@alsa-project.org>
+ *
+ *  Wrapper for linphone Codec class by Simon Morlat <simon.morlat@linphone.org>
+ *
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ */
+
+static inline int val_seg(int val)
+{
+	int r = 0;
+	val >>= 7; /*7 = 4 + 3*/
+	if (val & 0xf0) {
+		val >>= 4;
+		r += 4;
+	}
+	if (val & 0x0c) {
+		val >>= 2;
+		r += 2;
+	}
+	if (val & 0x02)
+		r += 1;
+	return r;
+}
+
+/*
+ * s16_to_alaw() - Convert a 16-bit linear PCM value to 8-bit A-law
+ *
+ * s16_to_alaw() accepts an 16-bit integer and encodes it as A-law data.
+ *
+ *		Linear Input Code	Compressed Code
+ *	------------------------	---------------
+ *	0000000wxyza			000wxyz
+ *	0000001wxyza			001wxyz
+ *	000001wxyzab			010wxyz
+ *	00001wxyzabc			011wxyz
+ *	0001wxyzabcd			100wxyz
+ *	001wxyzabcde			101wxyz
+ *	01wxyzabcdef			110wxyz
+ *	1wxyzabcdefg			111wxyz
+ *
+ * For further information see John C. Bellamy's Digital Telephony, 1982,
+ * John Wiley & Sons, pps 98-111 and 472-476.
+ * G711 is designed for 13 bits input signal, this function add extra shifting to take this into account.
+ */
+
+static inline unsigned char s16_to_alaw(int pcm_val)
+{
+	int		mask;
+	int		seg;
+	unsigned char	aval;
+
+	if (pcm_val >= 0) {
+		mask = 0xD5;
+	} else {
+		mask = 0x55;
+		pcm_val = -pcm_val;
+		if (pcm_val > 0x7fff)
+			pcm_val = 0x7fff;
+	}
+
+	if (pcm_val < 256) /*256 = 32 << 3*/
+		aval = pcm_val >> 4; /*4 = 1 + 3*/
+	else {
+		/* Convert the scaled magnitude to segment number. */
+		seg = val_seg(pcm_val);
+		aval = (seg << 4) | ((pcm_val >> (seg + 3)) & 0x0f);
+	}
+	return aval ^ mask;
+}
+
+/*
+ * alaw_to_s16() - Convert an A-law value to 16-bit linear PCM
+ *
+ */
+static inline int alaw_to_s16(unsigned char a_val)
+{
+	int		t;
+	int		seg;
+
+	a_val ^= 0x55;
+	t = a_val & 0x7f;
+	if (t < 16)
+		t = (t << 4) + 8;
+	else {
+		seg = (t >> 4) & 0x07;
+		t = ((t & 0x0f) << 4) + 0x108;
+		t <<= seg -1;
+	}
+	return ((a_val & 0x80) ? t : -t);
+}
+/*
+ * s16_to_ulaw() - Convert a linear PCM value to u-law
+ *
+ * In order to simplify the encoding process, the original linear magnitude
+ * is biased by adding 33 which shifts the encoding range from (0 - 8158) to
+ * (33 - 8191). The result can be seen in the following encoding table:
+ *
+ *	Biased Linear Input Code	Compressed Code
+ *	------------------------	---------------
+ *	00000001wxyza			000wxyz
+ *	0000001wxyzab			001wxyz
+ *	000001wxyzabc			010wxyz
+ *	00001wxyzabcd			011wxyz
+ *	0001wxyzabcde			100wxyz
+ *	001wxyzabcdef			101wxyz
+ *	01wxyzabcdefg			110wxyz
+ *	1wxyzabcdefgh			111wxyz
+ *
+ * Each biased linear code has a leading 1 which identifies the segment
+ * number. The value of the segment number is equal to 7 minus the number
+ * of leading 0's. The quantization interval is directly available as the
+ * four bits wxyz.  * The trailing bits (a - h) are ignored.
+ *
+ * Ordinarily the complement of the resulting code word is used for
+ * transmission, and so the code word is complemented before it is returned.
+ *
+ * For further information see John C. Bellamy's Digital Telephony, 1982,
+ * John Wiley & Sons, pps 98-111 and 472-476.
+ */
+
+static inline unsigned char s16_to_ulaw(int pcm_val)	/* 2's complement (16-bit range) */
+{
+	int mask;
+	int seg;
+	unsigned char uval;
+
+	if (pcm_val < 0) {
+		pcm_val = 0x84 - pcm_val;
+		mask = 0x7f;
+	} else {
+		pcm_val += 0x84;
+		mask = 0xff;
+	}
+	if (pcm_val > 0x7fff)
+		pcm_val = 0x7fff;
+
+	/* Convert the scaled magnitude to segment number. */
+	seg = val_seg(pcm_val);
+
+	/*
+	 * Combine the sign, segment, quantization bits;
+	 * and complement the code word.
+	 */
+	uval = (seg << 4) | ((pcm_val >> (seg + 3)) & 0x0f);
+	return uval ^ mask;
+}
+
+/*
+ * ulaw_to_s16() - Convert a u-law value to 16-bit linear PCM
+ *
+ * First, a biased linear code is derived from the code word. An unbiased
+ * output can then be obtained by subtracting 33 from the biased code.
+ *
+ * Note that this function expects to be passed the complement of the
+ * original code word. This is in keeping with ISDN conventions.
+ */
+static inline int ulaw_to_s16(unsigned char u_val)
+{
+	int t;
+
+	/* Complement to obtain normal u-law value. */
+	u_val = ~u_val;
+
+	/*
+	 * Extract and bias the quantization bits. Then
+	 * shift up by the segment number and subtract out the bias.
+	 */
+	t = ((u_val & 0x0f) << 3) + 0x84;
+	t <<= (u_val & 0x70) >> 4;
+
+	return ((u_val & 0x80) ? (0x84 - t) : (t - 0x84));
+}