Re: [REGRESSION] Audient EVO4 hardware volume control now requires quirk

[Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>]

On Tue, 29 Sep 2026 16:24:24 +0200,
Faaris Ansari wrote:
> 
> Thanks Takashi and Sasha,
> 
> 
> > Faaris, please let us know if this (or previous) one actually works
> > for you.  Once after confirmation, I'll submit the proper patch for
> > upstream.
> 
> I tested your latest patch where you removed the quirk for the iD14
> alone, and instead set it for all Audient devices.
> 
> I can confirm that this has indeed fixed the problem, and I can now
> correctly control my hardware volume without problems, thank you!
> 
> 
> > ... or if you have a chance to test Christian's patch set and verify
> > whether the problem is fixed there, we can avoid other changes:
> >    https://lore.kernel.org/20260919151840.24371-1-arc@gmx.li
> I tested Christian's patch alone, without any other changes. The
> problem still occurred with those patches.
> 
> This was also noted by Christian:
> 
> > As a matter of fact, I made a similar
> > observation to yours when testing the patch set on the 'sound' kernel tree
> > and the (very sporadic) issue did not disappear after applying the
> > patches.
> And further discussion below:
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/CANBVYRAr8iFGFDgdTcDXuQyXt5M4TddZetsG9o1wbFao03R0yw@mail.gmail.com/
> 
> 
> However, using both patches together (as well as a small patch for
> alsa-ucm-conf) has made my interface work very well - I'm very happy
> with these changes :)
> 
> 
> Thank you for your work, Sasha, Takashi, and Christian,
> 
> Faaris

Thanks for clarification.  Then we need a fix like mine in anyway.
I'm going to submit the proper patch.


Takashi