[alsa-devel] [PATCH] hda: add SW_LINEOUT_INSERT support

[Mark Brown]

On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 08:21:17AM -0400, Matthew Ranostay wrote:
> Mark Brown wrote:

> > For line outputs I think providing that information in the device name
> > would be better - the reason for providing the distinction in the switch
> > is to provide information when the function of the device attached to
> > the jack changes at runtime.  As far as the hardware is concerned one
> > line output is much the same as another.

> 	err = snd_jack_new(codec->bus->card,
> 		"Jack Detection",
> 		SND_JACK_HEADPHONE | SND_JACK_LINEOUT, &spec->jack);

> Do you mean something like this?

I'm not sure exactly what you mean by that change.  What the code says
is that you have a single jack and can detect at runtime if the device
plugged into it is a line or headphone.  If that is the case then yes,
you should do something like that though that's not a very good name for
the jack (ideally it should correspond to something like the label given
to the jack on the machine case).

>                                   Of course this will require some changes
> in snd_jack_report.

Could you explain what changes you think are required?  The API already
supports multi-function jacks.