Re: [PATCH 6/6] ASoC: codecs: aw88166: make volume control usable

[Aaron Kling]

On Fri, Sep 25, 2026 at 9:18 AM Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Fri, Sep 25, 2026 at 02:47:34AM -0500, Aaron Kling via B4 Relay wrote:
> > From: Aaron Kling <webgeek1234@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > - Invert the value to match userspace expectations (in the hardware,
> >   positive numbers represent negative dB attenuation)
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> That's a very bad compatibility break, if anyone has a profile saved
> they might get excessively loud volume from their existing configuration
> which could be distressing.  It might be better to rename the control.

Mmm. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, is this any
different from the accepted aw88261 change? I wouldn't be specifically
opposed to a new control as my use case, Android, is very tightly
controlled and I can just update the audio config I ship. But more
standard Linux use cases that rely on a standardize control name would
be stuck with a non-standard inverted control forever.

Aaron