Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [PATCH v1] ALSA: hda/tas2781: Normalize the volume kcontrol name

From: Xu, Baojun
Date: Wed Aug 13 2025 - 22:29:41 EST


Hi,

Answer in line.

> ________________________________________
> From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: 13 August 2025 23:44
> To: Xu, Baojun
> Cc: broonie@xxxxxxxxxx; andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Ding, Shenghao; 13916275206@xxxxxxx; linux-sound@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [PATCH v1] ALSA: hda/tas2781: Normalize the volume kcontrol name
>
> On Wed, 13 Aug 2025 12:08:42 +0200,
> Baojun Xu wrote:
> >
> > Change the name of the kcontrol from "Gain" to "Volume".
>
> Could you describe "why this change is needed"?
>
This name is in kcontrol, which is open to users.
Volume is more normalized and common.
Gain is a more professional term in smart amplifiers.

>
> thanks,
>
> Takashi
>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Baojun Xu <baojun.xu@xxxxxx>
> > ---
>> sound/hda/codecs/side-codecs/tas2781_hda_i2c.c | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/sound/hda/codecs/side-codecs/tas2781_hda_i2c.c b/sound/hda/codecs/side-codecs/tas2781_hda_i2c.c
> > index 92aae19cfc8f..e4bc3bc756b0 100644
> > --- a/sound/hda/codecs/side-codecs/tas2781_hda_i2c.c
> > +++ b/sound/hda/codecs/side-codecs/tas2781_hda_i2c.c
> > @@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ static const struct snd_kcontrol_new tas2770_snd_controls[] = {
> > };
> >
> > static const struct snd_kcontrol_new tas2781_snd_controls[] = {
> > - ACARD_SINGLE_RANGE_EXT_TLV("Speaker Analog Gain", TAS2781_AMP_LEVEL,
> > + ACARD_SINGLE_RANGE_EXT_TLV("Speaker Analog Volume", TAS2781_AMP_LEVEL,
> > 1, 0, 20, 0, tas2781_amp_getvol,
>> tas2781_amp_putvol, amp_vol_tlv),
> > ACARD_SINGLE_BOOL_EXT("Speaker Force Firmware Load", 0,
> > --
> > 2.43.0
> >
>
>

Best Regards
Jim