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

[Mark Brown]

On Fri, Sep 25, 2026 at 11:25:06AM -0500, Aaron Kling wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2026 at 11:18 AM Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 25, 2026 at 11:05:42AM -0500, Aaron Kling wrote:

> > > 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.

> > Why would renaming the control do that?

> I might be misunderstanding something, but I thought there were
> standardized names, like this "PCM Playback Volume" that tools and os
> handling expect and will use if found. Which would cause a second
> control with a different name to not get used. Is there something I'm
> missing to where a new control would get used without manual
> intervention?

There are standard names, but you should be able to find a new name in
the standard set (eg, adding an Analog or Digital) that's unimplemented.
At the very least they also wouldn't see the old name and therefore
would not get stuck with an inverted control.

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