[alsa-devel] [RFC PATCH] Inverted internal mic

[rodney byne]

Hello to David Henningsson and associates,

I have been trawling the internet to find out
why the internal mic on my Acer Aspire One AOA-110
netbook is permanently inhibited by Alsa.
This little pc runs Linux Peppermint 5 OS, which contains
PulseAudio ESD over-riding the Alsa sound architecture.

Thinking initially this was a "programming" fault, I
have read as much of the history up to the patch need as
I can understand and so appreciate this action on your
part was deliberate - but must comment nonetheless that
this matter is disconcerting from a casual user perspective.

In short, the owner just wants everything on his
machine to work normally and so I would really like to
use the internal mic function for what it was intended.

Personally I have often wondered why PA was ever introduced,
as Alsa & AlsaMixer are perfectly capable of working on
their own, as testament to early releases of Linux Mint.
My opinion is PA just makes the sound system too complicated.
I call it guilding the lilly - so use the principle K.I.S.S

My question therefore is, can the patch be easily lifted
at will to re-enable the internal microphone?

Thanks and best regards,
from Rodney.