[alsa-devel] UCM list/set/get

[pl bossart]

I've been trying to figure out what exactly needs to be filled in UCM
configuration files, and so far it's been a pretty frustrating
experience with alsa-utils/alsaucm :-(

The interactive mode in alsa-utils/alsaucm is broken, I fixed a couple
of segfaults and bad output (patches attached), but so far the only
thing I can do is list the verbs...It looks like
alsa-lib/include/use-case.h and alsa-utils/alsaucm are not aligned,
whenever I query with predefined identifiers alsaucm seg faults or
provides an error message that doesn't help much. This happens with
the latest code.

[ume at plb alsaucm]$ ./alsaucm listcards
  0: AudioPC
    this is my AudioPCI card
  1: SDP4430
    this is my SDP4430 card
  2: TestHDA
    A test HDA card
[ume at plb alsaucm]$ ./alsaucm -c AudioPCI list _verbs
  0: HiFi
    Play and record HiFi quality Music.
  1: Voice
    Full duplex low-power voice call

So far so good. Now the fun begins

[ume at plb alsaucm]$ ./alsaucm -c AudioPCI list _devices
./alsaucm: error failed to get list _devices: No such file or directory
[ume at plb alsaucm]$ ./alsaucm -c AudioPCI set _verb HiFi
ALSA lib main.c:1250:(set_verb_user) error: failed to initialize new
use case: HiFi
./alsaucm: error failed to set _verb=HiFi: No such device
[ume at plb alsaucm]$ ./alsaucm -c AudioPCI get _verb
./alsaucm: error failed to get _verb: No such file or directory

Likewise if the .conf file contains a cset in the default values, then
the parser fails (I took the example from src/ucm/parser.c).
Commenting out the cset is the only solution. What exactly is this
index supposed to mean?
SectionDefaults [
cdev "hw:AudioPCI"
cset "name='Master Playback Switch',index=2 1,1"
]

[ume at plb alsaucm]$ ./alsaucm -c AudioPCI list _verbs
ALSA lib main.c:302:(import_master_config) Unable to execute default sequence
ALSA lib main.c:637:(snd_use_case_mgr_open) error: failed to import
AudioPCI use case configuration -19
./alsaucm: error failed to open sound card AudioPCI: No such device

Ideally I'd like to write an interface between PulseAudio and UCM,
there are existing modules I can reuse to set voice or hifi modes,
depending on what the client roles are. But if I can't make the
examples work I don't think this is going to go anywhere.
-Pierre
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