> Did you miss my previous explanation, or did you find it insufficient? > I'm repeating it below: > > "The protocol skew in Ubuntu 11.10 was actually a mistake on my part. > Since the UI changes that would depend on this information being > available was backed out, I probably should have backed the actual > protocol change out as well. > > Anyway, here is the patch that forms one of the base features for jack > detection, and brings upstream out of protocol skew with Ubuntu 11.10." I honestly did not understand the explanation, most likely because I use Fedora for historical reasons and have no idea about the content of Ubuntu 11.10...What type of client will make use of this information? -Pierre