[pulseaudio-tickets] [PulseAudio] #139: HAL module only adds the first ALSA device of each card

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#139: HAL module only adds the first ALSA device of each card
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  Reporter:  juergbi            |       Owner:  lennart
      Type:  defect             |      Status:  closed 
  Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:         
 Component:  module-hal-detect  |    Severity:  normal 
Resolution:  wontfix            |    Keywords:         
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Changes (by lennart):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => wontfix

Comment:

 This patch is not right. On some sound cards surround sound is implemented
 via a 4 stereo subdevices which are then combined into a single 7.1
 device. Thus it generally doesn't make sense to open subdevices directly,
 because only ALSA itself knows what those subdevices are about. The proper
 way to open a device for digital out is using the "spdif:" ALSA device
 string, not directly opening subdevices which will only work on very few
 devices.

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Ticket URL: <http://pulseaudio.org/ticket/139#comment:2>
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