On 03/27/2013 10:52 AM, Tanu Kaskinen wrote: > On Mon, 2013-03-25 at 15:00 +0100, David Henningsson wrote: >> Found on Logitech B530 USB Headset / kernel 3.8. Because we don't >> have different path for headset and headphone today, just add >> Headset to the existing headphone path. > > Wouldn't it be better to have a headset path for output too, at least so > that the UI can show a more accurate description of the device? This > might be useful for automatic routing too, if the path configuration > would set the device.form_factor property. In 99% of all cases, a headset has a "Headphone" control. A "Headset" control is really the exception. And given the HDA specification that is unlikely to change in the near future. As such, I think the extra path is not worth the cost. -- David Henningsson, Canonical Ltd. https://launchpad.net/~diwic