From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264381AbTDXCAO (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Apr 2003 22:00:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264379AbTDXCAO (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Apr 2003 22:00:14 -0400 Received: from almesberger.net ([63.105.73.239]:7 "EHLO host.almesberger.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264381AbTDXCAN (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Apr 2003 22:00:13 -0400 Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 23:11:49 -0300 From: Werner Almesberger To: Jamie Lokier Cc: "Martin J. Bligh" , Matthias Schniedermeyer , Marc Giger , linux-kernel , pat@suwalski.net Subject: Re: [Bug 623] New: Volume not remembered. Message-ID: <20030423231149.I3557@almesberger.net> References: <21660000.1051114998@[10.10.2.4]> <20030423164558.GA12202@citd.de> <1508310000.1051116963@flay> <20030423183413.C1425@almesberger.net> <1560860000.1051133781@flay> <20030423191427.D3557@almesberger.net> <1570840000.1051136330@flay> <20030424001134.GD26806@mail.jlokier.co.uk> <20030423214332.H3557@almesberger.net> <20030424011137.GA27195@mail.jlokier.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030424011137.GA27195@mail.jlokier.co.uk>; from jamie@shareable.org on Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 02:11:37AM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Jamie Lokier wrote: > In fact, forget about "volume". Just have a "silent" parameter that > defaults to 0, Default to make useless or disturbing noise ... > and determines whether the device starts silent or > loads preset defaults. So these defaults would be hard-coded values that take into account, among other factors: - the actual audio hardware (e.g. variations in the analog part) - possibly the position of a "volume" knob somewhere - the environment of the machine (ambient noise, acceptable volume level) And all that for what ? If you want to turn up the volume after booting, all you need is one whole line in your rc scripts. So far I haven't seen a single argument as to why this wouldn't be sufficient. - Werner -- _________________________________________________________________________ / Werner Almesberger, Buenos Aires, Argentina wa@almesberger.net / /_http://www.almesberger.net/____________________________________________/