Only in alsa-kernel/include: version.h
diff -rup /mnt/alsa/alsa-kernel/pci/hda/hda_codec.c alsa-kernel/pci/hda/hda_codec.c
--- /mnt/alsa/alsa-kernel/pci/hda/hda_codec.c	2007-03-01 14:50:24.000000000 +0100
+++ alsa-kernel/pci/hda/hda_codec.c	2007-03-06 15:37:03.000000000 +0100
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ int snd_hda_codec_new(struct hda_bus *bu
 							 0);
 	}
 
-	if (strcmp(codec->bus->modelname, "generic"))
+	if ( codec->bus->modelname && strcmp(codec->bus->modelname, "generic"))
 		codec->preset = find_codec_preset(codec);
 	if (! *bus->card->mixername)
 		snd_hda_get_codec_name(codec, bus->card->mixername,
Only in alsa-kernel/pci/hda: .hda_codec.c.swp