[LAU] perhaps why some of us have more trouble w/ pulseaudio than others (ICE1712/M-audio delta problem w/ pulseaudio)

[Fons Adriaensen]

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:03:58AM +0200, Florian Faber wrote:

> > PA or not, this is somewhat getting back to the original question: how
> > can we get a reliable index assignment on startup with several soundcards.
> 
> You need some sort of unique identifier for a sound card. With the RME
> cards that was easy, as they have individual serial numbers, which I add
> to the card's name: HDSPe_f1cd85, for example. I did this because in the
> setups those cards are used in, it is absolutely mandatory to identify
> the cards (probably multiple cards of the same model) correctly.

Wouldn't the right way to do this be to let udev find out the
serial number and then define the name that includes/uses it ?
(not sure if the latter is possible, but reading the SN from
/sys should be)

Ciao,

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