1. A device comprising: a codec configured to be coupled to a High Definition Audio (HDA) bus; wherein the codec is configured to (a) store one or more overriding responses, each of which is associated with a corresponding HDA verb, (b) receive a first HDA verb from the HDA bus, (c) determine whether the first HDA verb is associated with one of the stored overriding responses, (d) if the first HDA verb is associated with one of the stored overriding responses, provide the associated one of the stored overriding responses to the HDA bus, and (e) if the first HDA verb is not associated with one of the stored overriding responses, provide a hardwired response associated with the first HDA verb to the HDA bus.