[PATCH] docs: sound: clarify PulseAudio and PipeWire configuration description

[PATCH] docs: sound: clarify PulseAudio and PipeWire configuration description

[Myroslav Demchenko]

Modern sound servers such as PulseAudio and PipeWire support dynamic
configuration, so this feature is rarely needed today. However, it
was useful in the past when audio setups relied on static configuration.

Signed-off-by: Myroslav Demchenko <myro@myromyro.com>
---
 Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst b/Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst
index 55b845d38236..a3d8da5a3f6c 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst
@@ -142,9 +142,9 @@ in primary usage, and people would like to assign it as the first
 appearing card. They can do it by specifying "index=1,0" module
 parameter, which will swap the assignment slots.
 
-Today, with the sound backend like PulseAudio and PipeWire which
-supports dynamic configuration, it's of little use, but that was a
-help for static configuration in the past.
+Today, sound servers such as PulseAudio and PipeWire support dynamic
+configuration, so this feature is rarely needed. However, it was
+useful in the past when audio setups relied on static configuration.
 
 Module snd-adlib
 ----------------
-- 
2.53.0

Re: [PATCH] docs: sound: clarify PulseAudio and PipeWire configuration description

[Takashi Iwai]

On Fri, 13 Mar 2026 13:01:40 +0100,
Myroslav Demchenko wrote:
> 
> Modern sound servers such as PulseAudio and PipeWire support dynamic
> configuration, so this feature is rarely needed today. However, it
> was useful in the past when audio setups relied on static configuration.

Hmm, I don't see much difference in the information you changed.
Is it just a rephrase of the same context?  The new text also doesn't
improve so significantly, honestly speaking.

Also the patch description is just a copy of the documentation, which
also doesn't help for understanding about your change.  It should
clarify what changed for which reason.


thanks,

Takashi


> 
> Signed-off-by: Myroslav Demchenko <myro@myromyro.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst b/Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst
> index 55b845d38236..a3d8da5a3f6c 100644
> --- a/Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa-configuration.rst
> @@ -142,9 +142,9 @@ in primary usage, and people would like to assign it as the first
>  appearing card. They can do it by specifying "index=1,0" module
>  parameter, which will swap the assignment slots.
>  
> -Today, with the sound backend like PulseAudio and PipeWire which
> -supports dynamic configuration, it's of little use, but that was a
> -help for static configuration in the past.
> +Today, sound servers such as PulseAudio and PipeWire support dynamic
> +configuration, so this feature is rarely needed. However, it was
> +useful in the past when audio setups relied on static configuration.
>  
>  Module snd-adlib
>  ----------------
> -- 
> 2.53.0
>