nm256 [was: ALSA: doc notes additions]

[Patrick Shirkey <pshirkey@boosthardware.com>]

A person who unfortunately did not provide an email address has 
submitted this for the alsa-docs.

> I use this driver on a Dell Latitude CPi laptop.
> I confirm that the driver hangs 99% of the time when loaded normally.
> However I have found a way to raise chances to load correctly:
> 1: boot single-user
> 2: if you use journaling-less filesystems (such as ext2), remount
>    the big ones read-only to save you checking time in case of crash.
> 3: load the AC97 part of the driver:
>         modprobe snd-ac97-codec
> 4: start X11 (I personnally use XF86 4.2.0) typically using "startx"
>    and terminate the session immediately, to return to the console.
> 5: load the remaining part of the driver:
>         modprobe snd-nm256
> 6: if it doesn't crash, you can restore settings with
>    "alsactl restore", then remount your filesystems read-write,
>    then proceed with normal boot procedure (exit the single-user
>    shell).
> With this procedure I avoid crashing 25-33% of time (i.e. it crashes
> 2 or 3 times before it succeeds).  Hope this helps.
> 

This seems more like a bug than a quirk of the card. Is it worth adding 
it to the notes or can the problem be fixed?




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