On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 12:19:53PM +0200, David Henningsson wrote: > On 10/14/2011 11:42 AM, Feng Wei wrote: > >Actually we must map the concepts because ucm is designed for abstract > >the complicated kcontrol. In my mind, if we use ucm in pa, the > >original profile configuration files and mixer configuration files > >will be replaced by ucm configuration files. > Removing the original profile configuration files might be possible > in an embedded scenario, but for all hundreds of different > snd-hda-intel/AC'97/etc configurations out there, writing UCM > configurations to fit all of them is just not scalable. (If so, one > would have to write an auto-UCM tool that autogenerates UCM profiles > based on present hardware.) Yes, writing UCM files for PCs which have reasonably regular and discoverable audio is silly - if UCM is used at all on most desktops it should be with automatically generated configuration.