[pulseaudio-discuss] [PATCH v2 0/5] No more dual-direction ports.

[Tanu Kaskinen]

On Fri, 2012-06-29 at 18:04 +0300, Tanu Kaskinen wrote:
> In my mind a port is an "atomic routing unit", and a port
> that can be used for both input and output is not atomic (it
> defines two routes). An example of practical problems having
> two routes in one port: you can't set a property for output
> without setting it also for input.
> 
> The first version of this patch set was sent in April:
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.audio.pulseaudio.general/13010
> 
> Changes in v2:
>  - Dropped the "device-port: Initialize profiles in
>    pa_device_port_new()" patch, because a fully equivalent
>    patch has already been merged.
>  - As suggested by David, I added a new path option to be
>    used in path description lookup: "description-key".
>  - The logic for making path descriptions unique is now
>    retained (it was completely removed in v1).
>  - General rebasing work on top of the newest master.
> 
> Tanu Kaskinen (5):
>   card: Store a pa_card pointer in pa_card_profile.
>   switch-on-port-available: Prepare for port->is_{out,in}put going
>     away.
>   alsa-mixer: Introduce "description-key" option for paths.
>   alsa-mixer: Remove the "name" option from the "General" section of
>     path configuration files.
>   device-port: Make it impossible to have a dual-direction port.
> 
>  src/modules/alsa/alsa-mixer.c                      |  136 +++++++++++++-------
>  src/modules/alsa/alsa-mixer.h                      |    1 +
>  src/modules/alsa/mixer/paths/analog-input-aux.conf |    2 +-
>  .../alsa/mixer/paths/analog-input-dock-mic.conf    |    2 +-
>  src/modules/alsa/mixer/paths/analog-input-fm.conf  |    2 +-
>  .../alsa/mixer/paths/analog-input-front-mic.conf   |    2 +-
>  .../mixer/paths/analog-input-internal-mic.conf     |    2 +-
>  .../alsa/mixer/paths/analog-input-mic-line.conf    |    2 +-
>  src/modules/alsa/mixer/paths/analog-input-mic.conf |    2 +-
>  .../alsa/mixer/paths/analog-input-rear-mic.conf    |    2 +-
>  .../alsa/mixer/paths/analog-input-tvtuner.conf     |    2 +-
>  .../mixer/paths/analog-output-desktop-speaker.conf |    2 +-
>  .../mixer/paths/analog-output-headphones-2.conf    |    2 +-
>  .../alsa/mixer/paths/analog-output-headphones.conf |    2 +-
>  .../alsa/mixer/paths/analog-output-speaker.conf    |    2 +-
>  .../alsa/mixer/paths/analog-output.conf.common     |    8 +-
>  src/modules/bluetooth/module-bluetooth-device.c    |   24 +---
>  src/modules/module-switch-on-port-available.c      |   97 ++++++++------
>  src/pulsecore/card.c                               |   22 +++-
>  src/pulsecore/card.h                               |    1 +
>  src/pulsecore/device-port.c                        |   45 ++++---
>  src/pulsecore/device-port.h                        |    5 +-
>  src/pulsecore/protocol-native.c                    |    2 +-
>  23 files changed, 222 insertions(+), 145 deletions(-)

No feedback received. I pushed these to my next branch.

-- 
Tanu