On Tue, 6 Oct 2009, Clemens Ladisch wrote: > Takashi Iwai wrote: > > noreply-git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > commit fc9e4a3811567f8d1d4c263a89e27b52c90d6098 > > > Author: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > AuthorDate: Tue Oct 6 08:21:04 2009 +0200 > > > > > > sound: via82xx: move DXS volume controls to PCM interface > > > > > > The "VIA DXS" controls are actually volume controls that apply to the > > > four PCM substreams, so we better indicate this connection by moving the > > > controls to the PCM interface. > > By "moving" you mean removing them or will there appear somewhere else? > > Well, this control was once removed, and then revived due to complains > > by users > > one user > > > who have used it in mixer. Moving this to PCM iface does > > almost the same thing, disabling an easy way to access it. > > Any application that looks for per-stream volume controls would find > them only this way. > > Since the assignment of applications to PCM substreams is more or less > random, depending on how many other substreams are open, it does not > make much sense to allow the user to access them by their number. > > > I'm afraid that this patch might be regarded as another "regression". > > For such an old driver, the compatibility is the most important item. > > Honza, are you still using this driver? > Yes I do (there is a different driver for this codec?). And I _will_ be regarding it as regression if I lose possibility to change volume of the four streams independently. On the other hand, I do change the volume only manually (not automatically by program), so if only thing which changes is the way how to modify that volume I would not see problem in that. Honza > > Best regards, > Clemens > _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
