Joerg-Cyril.Hoehle@t-systems.com writes:
Alexandre Julliard wrote:
If PulseAudio can't provide good enumeration, then we can detect that case and handle it differently.
We don't ask PA to enumerate, we ask ALSA to enumerate.
I know that. It doesn't mean we can't use a heuristic to detect broken PA enumeration.
My use case is a soundcard plus a USB headset; that's a fairly common setup these days. [...] That works now, and it should continue to work.
I believe you don't get the point. That does *not* work reliably in a setup that includes PulseAudio, because one cannot reliably scan ALSA devices and avoid side effects.
Yes, I got the point. You are saying that because PA is broken, you want to break the ALSA driver even when PA is not in use. That's not a solution.