linux-kernel - Re: ALSA problems with 2.6.18-rc3

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Date:	Wed, 09 Aug 2006 18:49:32 -0400
From:	Lee Revell <rlrevell@...-job.com>
To:	Alistair John Strachan <s0348365@....ed.ac.uk>
Cc:	Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@...izon.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Benton <b3nt@...nline.co.uk>,
	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>,
	alsa-devel <alsa-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: ALSA problems with 2.6.18-rc3

On Wed, 2006-08-09 at 23:28 +0100, Alistair John Strachan wrote:
> I think this argument is mostly deflated by the fact that other 
> multimedia-centric operating systems do not ship with controls muted.
> If hardware is detected, all sliders are set to 50%. I think this is
> superior. 

The developers audio drivers for other operating systems have full
access to the documentation of all the hardware they support, so it's
possible for them to establish "working" defaults for every device.

Lee

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