Bug#660111: multiple, non-physically accesible, HDMI devices listed for Intel IbexPeak ALC269VB

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Stephen Warren wrote:

> As Takashi mentions, from a kernel perspective, this isn't really a
> regression at all, but simply exposing all the features of the HW that
> were previously hidden. Without that change, others can't use some HW
> usefully at all. Unfortunately, pulseaudio makes some rather simplistic
> assumptions about how HW works by default, and can be confused by the
> additional features that are exposed.

>From a distro perspective, it's a regression that happens to be
bundled with a feature.  Though from a distro perspective working
around this in pulseaudio and making sure even old releases get the
fix might be okay.

I thought that "no regressions" meant that the first sentence and not
the second sentence of the previous paragraph apply from a kernel
perspective.  No?  So I would be happiest if there is some way to
teach the kernel about this quirk until everyone already has had a
fixed pulseaudio for a year or two.

Jonathan