Re: [PATCH] thinkpad-acpi: fix return value of volume callbacks

[Clemens Ladisch]

Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Feb 2010, Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> > Fix up the volume status setting functions to return a non-zero value if
> > the control value has changed, so that the ALSA framework can correctly
> > generate control change notifications.
> 
> Please explain...

ALSA sends notifications to all mixer application when the value of
any mixer control has changed.  To be able to avoid sending them for
controls that did not actually change, it uses the return value of the
.put callback: 0 means the control value did not change; 1 means it has
changed (or might have changed), and a notification is to be sent.
<http://www.alsa-project.org/~tiwai/writing-an-alsa-driver/ch06s05.html#control-interface-callbacks-put>


Regards,
Clemens
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