[alsa-devel] [PATCH] ALSA: hda - Disable automute feature by default

[Takashi Iwai]

At Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:59:32 +0100,
Ben Hutchings wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 2011-07-14 at 10:01 +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > [I resend this again since it didn't get out due to domain problem of
> >  alsa-project.org.  If you've already seen the mail, please disregard.]
> > 
> > At Thu, 14 Jul 2011 03:07:51 +0100,
> > Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > > 
> > > The default behaviour should be the same as before this feature
> > > was introduced, to avoid user confusion.
> > > 
> > > Reported-by: Toni Mueller <support at oeko.net>
> > > References: http://bugs.debian.org/631963
> > > Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben at decadent.org.uk>
> > > ---
> > > The code is rather inconsistent in whether 'mode' means the behaviour or
> > > mechanism of automute.  I didn't touch that but you might want to
> > > consider some renaming.
> > 
> > Sorry, I can't take this.
> > 
> > First, the fix is touching a wrong place.  There are several flags to
> > control the auto-mute behavior.  spec->automute is a flag to control
> > the all auto-mute feature including the headphone jack.  For the
> > line-out jack, it's spec->automute_lines flag.
> 
> OK.
> 
> > Secondly, this is a fix of long-standing bug.  With this change, the
> > driver finally behaves consistently in a way seen in other OS.
> [...]
> 
> But why would Linux users know or care how it behaves in the other OS?

Why not?

This change also makes the behavior consistent even within Linux, now
behaving same as other HD-audio codec drivers.


Takashi