[alsa-devel] Correct way to set NONAUDIO flag

[Arun Raghavan]

On Wed, 2011-08-17 at 16:55 +0200, Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> Arun Raghavan wrote:
> > On Wed, 2011-08-17 at 14:42 +0200, Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> > > Arun Raghavan wrote:
> > > > I'm trying to figure out the right way to set the NONAUDIO flag on an
> > > > iec958 device.
> > > 
> > > Use the device name "iec958:AES0=6".
> > 
> > Thanks. As I understand it, this forces us to set all the flags instead
> > of just the one that we're interested in.
> 
> Yes.  However, using 'default' values for these other flags would not
> make much sense because your application is the only one that knows the
> correct values.
> 
> > Is this the only way?
> 
> It's the only portable way.
> 

Got it -- thanks for the help!

-- Arun