On Dec 2 2014 00:21, Takashi Iwai wrote:
As for the shortname, it is not an internal identifier but typically displayed to identify the device for the user. Something like "FWSpeakers" might be recognizable, but I'd prefer the old "FireWire Speakers".
In this case (the old name), 'Speakers' is an identical name such as 'hw:Speakers'. IMHO, this is a bit strange because it's usual, not identical.
You see now that you're breaking user's setup, don't you? This is another reason why you shouldn't change the short name string.
In this case, it depends on the estimated number of actual users for this device. At least, snd-firewire-speakers cannot handle this device correctly, while there're no bug reports, for 4 years. I think this is an evidence of few users.
...although havind said so, it's not my favorite to spend more time to such a small things, instead of more important things. I'll keep the naming rule what it was in next patchset.
Thanks
Takashi Sakamoto o-takashi@sakamocchi.jp