LCID Fire wrote: > Could someone get me some insight into the snd_kontrol_new? > I'm especially interested in the "private_value" and "index" field. At > least in usb_mixer.c it seems to me like private_value is used as the > index!? If that's the case, when should index be used and when > private_value? The index field is used when several controls have the same name. The private_value field can be used by drivers for any purpose. The functions for the Audigy 2 NX's LEDs store the LED number in the private_value field so that the same function can be used for all three LEDs without having to look at the control name. > Is there any special convention for the string of "name" field? linux/Documentation/sound/alsa/ControlNames.txt HTH Clemens _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
