[alsa-devel] [PATCH 0/3] alsa-lib: UCM - Use Case Manager

[Mark Brown]

On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 12:13:33PM -0500, Chris Winter wrote:

> I think the proposed switch to using alsa-lib's present conf file
> parser code may be worth doing (even though I find the syntax to be
> uglier). Otherwise, the only thing I would really like to see added to
> UCM (after it gets mainlined!) is a more generic mechanism for
> aliasing mixer control names, instead of how it is currently limited
> to aliasing master playback/capture volumes and master

This was discussed when the original review round happened a while ago
and is the reason why the interfaces support other names even though the
implementation can't - it means someone can just substitute in different
library code without disrupting applications.  Definitely on the list to
do.