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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 02:11:37 +0100
From: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>
To: Werner Almesberger <wa@almesberger.net>
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       Matthias Schniedermeyer <ms@citd.de>, Marc Giger <gigerstyle@gmx.ch>,
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Subject: Re: [Bug 623] New: Volume not remembered.
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Werner Almesberger wrote:
> >    A standard audio module option "volume=X" meaning "set volume X%
> >    when the module initialises".
> 
> I don't quite see how this would make user space any less
> fancy:
> 
> # insmod audio_driver volume=`retrieve_volume`
> 
> versus
> 
> # insmod audio_driver
> # aumix -L >/dev/null

Eh?  I was suggesting that the _default_ just work as quite a few
people expect:

	$ insmod audio_driver

In fact, forget about "volume".  Just have a "silent" parameter that
defaults to 0, and determines whether the device starts silent or
loads preset defaults.  Make it a core audio thing rather than a
per-driver thing, too.  "silent=1" in /etc/modules.conf self-evidently
answers the FAQ, too :)

-- Jamie