Hi,

The system is TW 20200501

alsa-1.2.2-2.1
kernel-default-5.6.6-1.1

I have Echo Gina 3G soundcard. With one of recent update (unfortunately this
system is not on btrfs) it cannot be used as sound input with some apps,
especially with JUCE-apps, like Tracktion Waveform. I guess these apps relies
on naming aliases of subinterfaces, so how it look before update:

part of arecord -L

sysdefault:CARD=Gina3G
    Gina3G, Gina3G
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=Gina3G,DEV=0
    Gina3G, Gina3G
    Front speakers
rear:CARD=Gina3G,DEV=0
    Gina3G, Gina3G
    Rear speakers
center_lfe:CARD=Gina3G,DEV=0
    Gina3G, Gina3G
    Center and Subwoofer speakers
side:CARD=Gina3G,DEV=0
    Gina3G, Gina3G
    Side speakers
surround21:CARD=Gina3G,DEV=0
    Gina3G, Gina3G
    2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers
surround40:CARD=Gina3G,DEV=0
    Gina3G, Gina3G
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=Gina3G,DEV=0
    Gina3G, Gina3G
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=Gina3G,DEV=0
    Gina3G, Gina3G
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=Gina3G,DEV=0
    Gina3G, Gina3G
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=Gina3G,DEV=0
    Gina3G, Gina3G
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=Gina3G,DEV=0
    Gina3G, Gina3G
    IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output

How it looks now:

part of arecord -L

default:CARD=Gina3G
    Gina3G, Gina3G
    Default Audio Device
sysdefault:CARD=Gina3G
    Gina3G, Gina3G
    Default Audio Device
rear:CARD=Gina3G,DEV=0
    Gina3G, Gina3G
    Rear speakers
center_lfe:CARD=Gina3G,DEV=0
    Gina3G, Gina3G
    Center and Subwoofer speakers
side:CARD=Gina3G,DEV=0
    Gina3G, Gina3G
    Side speakers
usbstream:CARD=Gina3G
    Gina3G
    USB Stream Output

Card has two inputs which were bind to the:

front:CARD=Gina3G,DEV=0
    Gina3G, Gina3G
    Front speakers

Now this section is absent. Though card works fine, and it possible to select
input via alsa API.

For workaround I've put

defaults.namehint.extended on

into .asoundrc so it's possible to use inputs named as:

hw:CARD=Gina3G,DEV=0
    Gina3G, Gina3G
    Direct hardware device without any conversions

I didn't look into alsa changes deeply. But, is it expected behavior and users
should reconfigure that part manually now?