CMI973, patch and alsa release

[Davodet Olivier <olivier.davodet@free.fr>]

Hello,

My config :

Biostar IdeQ 200T with an onboard C-Media CMI9739A 6-Channel AC'97 CODEC
Mandrake 9.2 : kernel 2.6.1 with alsa 1.0.1
(kernel-smp-2.6.1.1mdk-1-1mdk) and alsa lib 0.9.6

I use the snd-intel8x0 module.

This module does not work very well with this chipset. In fact you can't use
PCM. When you launch xmms the sound plays but you can't change the
volume...

In the alsa-devel mailing-list I found a patch by C.L. Thien (from 
cmedia) for the alsa 1.0.rc2.

I updated my kernel source with this patch, recompiled all and installed the
new sound modules.

And now all works fine, I can change the sound volume in xmms, mute, unmute,
all works ok ! (except the known bug with quake 3 : the sound loops when you
enter in a map and quake3 freezes...)

Do you think this patch can be included by the alsa team in an official 
release ?




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