Re: [alsa-devel] [PATCH 0/2] add sysfs for acpi interfaces of thinkpad hardware mute

On Wed, 2013-08-14 at 22:36 +0200, David Henningsson wrote:

Imagine you're a non-technical user, who has never heard the words "compromised userspace". You connect your headset where it fits (or cordless), and then select the headset in sound settings (if it didn't get selected for you when you plugged it in). You're on a VOIP call and press the mic mute hotkey. Which mic did you expect to mute? The selected one. On the mic mute hotkey button, there is also a LED. You expect it to lit, because you muted the mic that you currently care about, i e, the selected one.

The user hit the mute key. Why would they expect *anything* to be unmuted?