ALSA: usb-audio: Name feature ctl using output if input is PCM
When building feature controls from a unit without a name, we try to derive a name first from the feature unit's input, then fall back to the output terminal. If a feature unit connects directly to a "USB Streaming" input terminal rather than a mixer or other virtual type, the control receives the somewhat meaningless name "PCM", even if the output had a descriptive type such as "Headset" or "Speaker". Here is an example of such AudioControl descriptor from a USB headset which ends up named "PCM Playback" and is therefore not recognized as headphones by userspace: AudioControl Interface Descriptor: bLength 12 bDescriptorType 36 bDescriptorSubtype 2 (INPUT_TERMINAL) bTerminalID 4 wTerminalType 0x0101 USB Streaming bAssocTerminal 5 bNrChannels 2 wChannelConfig 0x0003 Left Front (L) Right Front (R) iChannelNames 0 iTerminal 0 AudioControl Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 36 bDescriptorSubtype 3 (OUTPUT_TERMINAL) bTerminalID 5 wTerminalType 0x0402 Headset bAssocTerminal 4 bSourceID 6 iTerminal 0 AudioControl Interface Descriptor: bLength 13 bDescriptorType 36 bDescriptorSubtype 6 (FEATURE_UNIT) bUnitID 6 bSourceID 4 bControlSize 2 bmaControls(0) 0x0002 Volume Control bmaControls(1) 0x0000 bmaControls(2) 0x0000 iFeature 0 Other headsets and DACs I tried that used their output terminal for naming only did so due to their input being an unnamed sidetone mixer. Instead of always starting with the input terminal, check the type of it first. If it seems uninteresting, invert the order and use the output terminal first for naming. This makes userspace recognize headsets with simple controls as headphones, and leads to more consistent naming of playback devices based on their outputs irrespective of sidetone mixers. Signed-off-by: Kenny Levinsen <kl@kl.wtf> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240301231107.42679-1-kl@kl.wtf Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
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