Re: RFC: PCI quirks update for 2.6.16

[Bauke Jan Douma <bjdouma@xs4all.nl>]

Sergey Vlasov wrote on 07-12-06 14:53:
> On Thu, 7 Dec 2006 14:24:30 +0100 Adrian Bunk wrote:
> 
>> While checking how to fix the VIA quirk regressions for several users
>> introduced into -stable in 2.6.16.17, I started looking through all
>> drivers/pci/quirks.c updates up to both -stable and 2.6.19.
>>
[snip]
>>
>>
>> Bauke Jan Douma (1):
>>       PCI: quirk for asus a8v and a8v delux motherboards
> 
> This quirk will cause breakage for people who used an external PCI
> soundcard with these boards - the builtin sound chip which was
> invisible before may become the first audio device.

I'm afraid I don't understand the problem described here, when
ALSA can assign any arbitrary index number of a user's choice
to cards that are detected.

Indeed, on my system (an A8V Deluxe motherboard, with this
quirk active), my first soundcard (given index=0) is an offboard
Creative SB Live, and the onboard card I have assigned index=1.

I for one need this quirk to get both soundcards at all (which
I need) -- no matter what indexing order.

> It also enables the MC97 device, which does not really work (there is
> no MC97 codec attached to the controller at least on A8V Deluxe; I'm
> not sure if there is some other variant of this board which has MC97,
> but it seems unlikely).

This one can be disabled separate of the AC97 -- let me get back
on that.  I, for one (however much that is), don't need it either.


bjd