Re: names for sound devices

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Sun, 02 Sep 2012 11:32:45 -0700, peasthope wrote:

> According to http://wiki.debian.org/ALSA . peter@dalton:~$ cat
> /proc/asound/cards
>  0 [SI7012         ]: ICH - SiS SI7012
>                       SiS SI7012 with ALC655 at irq 18
>  1 [default        ]: USB-Audio - C-Media USB Audio Device
>                       C-Media USB Audio Device    at usb-0000:00:0a.0-3, full speed
>  2 [default_1      ]: USB-Audio - C-Media USB Headphone Set
>                       C-Media USB Headphone Set   at usb-0000:00:03.2-1, full speed
> 
> My best guess is that the names SI7012, default and default_1 are
> assigned by udev; but how?  Nothing evident in /etc/alsa/rules.d nor in
> /lib/udev/rules.d .  Are there rules elsewhere?

You mean the name enclosed in brackes, the card identifier?

I don't know what's your final goal (although I can somehow guess it :-P) 
so check if this doc helps:

http://alsa.opensrc.org/Udev

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón