[alsa-devel] [PATCH 1/2] ALSA: hda - Add mic mute hotkey quirk for Lenovo ThinkCentre AIO

[Takashi Iwai]

On Thu, 24 Dec 2015 04:46:37 +0100,
Hui Wang wrote:
> 
> From: Kailang <kailang at realtek.com>
> 
> The Lenovo ThinkCenter AIO uses Line2 (NID 0x1b) to implement the
> micmute hotkey, here we register an input device and use Line2 unsol
> event to collect the hotkey pressing or releasing.
> 
> In the meanwhile, the micmute led is controlled by GPIO2, so we
> use an existing function alc_fixup_gpio_mic_mute_hook() to control
> the led.
> 
> Cc: <stable at vger.kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Kailang <kailang at realtek.com>

Is it mandatory expose this as a key event?  I mean, wouldn't it
suffice just toggle the mic mute by the driver itself?  User-space
will get the notification by the mixer status change in anyway.


Takashi