On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 12:58:02AM +0200, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: > On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 09:51:27AM -0800, Darren Hart wrote: > > thinkpad-acpi using software mute simplifies the driver and the user > > experience > > significantly. > > Except when it doesn't. > > I'm probably in minority, but I don't use fancy userspace to mess with my > mixer and the mute button worked just fine for me before the change. > Wasted half an hour to find out what happened is not a pure win from user > experience point of view. > > Is it really necessary to have software_mute_requested == true by default? > Can fancy userspace ask for desired behaviour instead and change kernel to > not send hotkeys change notification until software_mute is enabled? > > -- > Kirill A. Shutemov >
Thanks for the report Kirill, Andy, we're at RC4, so if we need to fix (or revert) this fix, we only have a couple weeks to do so. Kirill, to define the scope of the problem, if you specify software_mute_requested as false on the kernel command line, does your system function as expected? Thanks, -- Darren Hart Intel Open Source Technology Center -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
