[pulseaudio-discuss] [PATCH 0/4] Four unrelated changes to alsa mixer paths

[David Henningsson]

On 06/28/2012 04:26 PM, David Henningsson wrote:
> Actually, the two first patches are related, so the subject line is
> slightly lying. :-)
>
> Colin Guthrie was the first to notice what is now being fixed by patch 1
> and 2. Patch 1 is a short-term workaround for kernels 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5.
> Patch 2 is the long-term fix for kernels 3.6 and beyond (it's in
> Takashi's tree currently), but since 3.6 is a while away, I believe it
> makes sense to commit both fixes.
>
> Patches 2, 3 and 4 are stuff recently added to the kernel so we can get
> more information out of it, and here comes the corresponding PulseAudio
> fixes that would make use of that information.
>
> I don't know if it makes sense to release PulseAudio 2.1 with these
> fixes in; regardless of which I'm very likely to pull them into Ubuntu
> 12.10, and possibly also 12.04 (and btw, patch 1 is already in Ubuntu
> 12.04).

I've pushed all but the fourth, for which I'm awaiting some additional 
testing. I was also bold enough to commit two simple patches that add 
support for "Front Headphone" jack, and document 
state.plugged/state.unplugged.

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