Description of problem: Let's say I have the following configuration: pcm.pulse { type pulse hint.description "PulseAudio Sound Server" } Since this has a description it should be listed in alsa -L output. But in case I have no physical sound hardware id doesn't. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): alsa-lib-1.0.16-2.fc9 Steps to Reproduce: 1. Copy the configuration above into your ALSA configuration 2. Remove the sound modules 3. Issue a "aplay -L" Actual results: Expected results: pulse PulseAudio Sound Server Additional info: This is where the pulse device gets dragged into the list if I have a sound card: (gdb) bt #0 hint_list_add (list=0x7fff3b066370, name=0x61c340 "pulse", description=0x615460 "PulseAudio Sound Server") at namehint.c:52 #1 0x00002aaaaab03f0b in try_config (list=0x7fff3b066370, base=0x4093c1 "pcm", name=<value optimized out>) at namehint.c:378 #2 0x00002aaaaab0458c in add_card (list=0x7fff3b066370, card=0) at namehint.c:457 #3 0x00002aaaaab04846 in snd_device_name_hint (card=0, iface=<value optimized out>, hints=0x7fff3b066450) at namehint.c:552 #4 0x00000000004042f2 in pcm_list () at aplay.c:272 #5 0x0000000000408c66 in main (argc=2, argv=0x7fff3b0666f8) at aplay.c:558 #6 0x0000003d3a61e074 in __libc_start_main (main=0x408530 <main>, argc=2, ubp_av=0x7fff3b0666f8, init=<value optimized out>, fini=<value optimized out>, rtld_fini=<value optimized out>, stack_end=0x7fff3b0666e8) at libc-start.c:220 #7 0x00000000004030f9 in _start () (gdb) alsa-lib-1.0.16/src/control/namehint.c: 451 if (err < 0) { 452 list->device = -1; 453 err = try_config(list, list->siface, str); 454 } 455 if (err < 0) { 456 list->card = -1; 457 err = try_config(list, list->siface, str); 458 } Why is that try_config() called there without any relation to the card specified when calling add_card(), but rather overriding it with -1 (meaning "any"?)? Wouldn't it make more sense if it was called from snd_device_name_hint() regerdless of existence of a physical sound card? Setting priority to high since snd_device_name_hint() is about the only sane way to get list of pcms, and since Fedora 8 our default sound device isn't a physical ALSA device. Please correct me if I am wrong. Thanks!
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