[alsa-devel] Question about "control names"

[Mark Brown]

On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 12:01:41PM +0200, Juergen Beisert wrote:
> On Friday 23 May 2008 11:36, Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> > Juergen Beisert wrote:

> > > names, its confusing (BTW: "Line Bypass Capture Volume" is of type
> > > SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_TYPE_ENUMERATED).

> > This may be caused by the control type.  Why is the volume "enumerated"?

> Its not linear. Its defined in dB and has some "holes" in it.
> When I change it to SNDRV_CTL_ELEM_TYPE_INTEGER I see the slider in the 
> [Capture] screen, and also something at its bottom, but I can't switch 
> anything:

Couldn't this be covered by providing TLV ranges for it?