[Pkg-alsa-devel] Bug#631963: [PATCH] ALSA: hda - Disable automute feature by default

[Ben Hutchings]

On Thu, 2011-07-14 at 10:01 +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> [I resend this again since it didn't get out due to domain problem of
>  alsa-project.org.  If you've already seen the mail, please disregard.]
> 
> At Thu, 14 Jul 2011 03:07:51 +0100,
> Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > 
> > The default behaviour should be the same as before this feature
> > was introduced, to avoid user confusion.
> > 
> > Reported-by: Toni Mueller <support at oeko.net>
> > References: http://bugs.debian.org/631963
> > Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben at decadent.org.uk>
> > ---
> > The code is rather inconsistent in whether 'mode' means the behaviour or
> > mechanism of automute.  I didn't touch that but you might want to
> > consider some renaming.
> 
> Sorry, I can't take this.
> 
> First, the fix is touching a wrong place.  There are several flags to
> control the auto-mute behavior.  spec->automute is a flag to control
> the all auto-mute feature including the headphone jack.  For the
> line-out jack, it's spec->automute_lines flag.

OK.

> Secondly, this is a fix of long-standing bug.  With this change, the
> driver finally behaves consistently in a way seen in other OS.
[...]

But why would Linux users know or care how it behaves in the other OS?

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
If the facts do not conform to your theory, they must be disposed of.
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