From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 514053B71C2; Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:18:34 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1790353115; cv=none; b=HdVSBzjfdciBM//6r/vnJEaFctNbExYyDFCzfUql/+PDV/onW3l431mMnssqe6EfEm3X8Tu/4gO+mT3Z/nccrBEvc43Gw3W/BsFR3Xvd55T/uJnXkkmUu6GBU1xKfboL9bFzEIC6l3pgu7bzhHqBcstEpr5U3ogp1ZXDiB6B9M4= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1790353115; c=relaxed/simple; bh=nepsMJqaqya+RdPsMR2Zx/r7D5TnbskzUdbNoW1W1nk=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=iJeUdD1aJGMxpIbXbFbu0xBgRsZt9OKbgEQAGh8Wmzw4f0h8RoMz2d12DHlldG4pYrht2cg98WuYYSOcRUCHJRMpZvk2/LP9kvXw78Fsqvqaw6K6+qilWH35/sjiO++DzJYVpVJ6y8/6g5nyY6r1fEl8pJuCL9S1wIEbf0zIqig= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=TJtFsT+P; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="TJtFsT+P" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 38B0E1F000FF; Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:18:32 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1790353114; bh=PFdr3oMOYugfvjblVBa0cuadRVP5302Yx+yU4gLdRmw=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=TJtFsT+PIpVihOdpT5yPjdbVMr8zBEWQQ5/N1fCJpBGNPm9qhXAIAxFpWDVd0Mp8Q 3t73k72yJ30zV5Hp0cMVWhh/jrOn6TmaWIofuDeIvk8J5PtKE1Jf8mXGJFbn0ioj/3 S1P+Z84/ygv1WtbV0ZfsAl8at7m8jlIihdFfRVy1t7AgyY/bNjUD7HrBCWMXFfGUg1 VMnNkEt0N791uyUNsYFH5TfUTDP6NH6xWQ1nEoO0AtCIGcp3DX+6MzYoTy67rrrbeY mtQXtzPj5Zc+aXjQhBRzMTGblXSgpEmIH8VrKwapCqpn7sH50Nftls50GBqcdmBcFq FZ2dW5FW9jHfw== Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:18:29 +0100 From: Mark Brown To: Aaron Kling Cc: Liam Girdwood , Jaroslav Kysela , Takashi Iwai , Weidong Wang , linux-sound@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Val Packett Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] ASoC: codecs: aw88166: make volume control usable Message-ID: References: <20260925-aw88166-cleanup-v1-0-11f74cb5fe28@gmail.com> <20260925-aw88166-cleanup-v1-6-11f74cb5fe28@gmail.com> <721467a7-6b7e-4234-8321-660eb43f1f9c@sirena.org.uk> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="GLpr9e/E4qATSc7z" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Cookie: Love America -- or give it back. --GLpr9e/E4qATSc7z Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Sep 25, 2026 at 11:05:42AM -0500, Aaron Kling wrote: > On Fri, Sep 25, 2026 at 9:18=E2=80=AFAM Mark Brown w= rote: > > On Fri, Sep 25, 2026 at 02:47:34AM -0500, Aaron Kling via B4 Relay wrot= e: > > > - Invert the value to match userspace expectations (in the hardware, > > > positive numbers represent negative dB attenuation) > > 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. Why would renaming the control do that? --GLpr9e/E4qATSc7z Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAABCgAdFiEEreZoqmdXGLWf4p/qJNaLcl1Uh9AFAmq2ntQACgkQJNaLcl1U h9AcpQf/RBzYECiH4yBSUN+ZlMingxbhFajYAdk68KedZrEqPh1FuIo+12Mj3GfE gGQvGiaCMOGiPhTeBBgCoyjaznWbdtP8Sb5GA6M7tM9AP2tWmrALPbPZoDotBJ3m EkvpFMe/l35HhYceiNZgVagI+IPAcR4HOHK9ckx0vi4/agqbNyDaH8lPC5rNe6nR KjKCqQC/UJV6fSCLaaWpgk//J+Nv49nrddQ4j9TwBM50BSK5OuiExV2HrwR4OOVR LuCORLi5kqqQPuNXvU6aS1tMZL5pcDUPohsbTmv66AId4wUHB9SPiH9X1WHyvybk 6t5JRtlTZDa6UTjOSMGdj9c4yKJzew== =wykq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --GLpr9e/E4qATSc7z--