CS46xx driver
fixed the 4channel mode of another CS429x codec (0x592b).

AC97 Codec Core
Ted.Wen@ite.com.tw:

- added patch for IT2646.

ALSA Core
- fixed oops at resume.
- block also the non-blocking devices until the resume is finished.

Documentation,ALS4000 driver,ENS1370/1+ driver,YMFPCI driver
added auto-detection of joystick port.

VIA82xx driver
Zinx Verituse <zinx@epicsol.org>:

fixed the calculation of the port for 'Capture Source' control switch.

PCM Midlevel
- don't print debug messages for low count of periods
- added right path for one period to the update pointer routine (interrupt)

HWDEP Midlevel
allow dsp_load callback without dsp_status callback.

PCM Midlevel
- don't hold power lock while draining
- call trigger callback when suspending/resuming a draining substream

PCM Midlevel
removed the export of snd_pcm_lock().  replaced with the normal mutex.

Documentation
minor corrections for the recent updates.

Timer Midlevel
fixed the unbalanced spinlock at the error path.

EMU10K1/EMU10K2 driver
- take back the old definition of FXBUS_PCM_LEFT/RIGHT for sb live.
- fixed the audigy routing with the new definition.

PCM Midlevel
don't call kfree with NULL pointer (constraint rules is not always allocated).

Timer Midlevel
- fixed problem with hw slave source (PCM timer & dmix plugin)
- fixes for slave instances
- moved active callback check to snd_timer_close() function

VIA82xx driver
added the DXS whitelist for twinhead mobo.

AC97 Codec Core
fixed typo in the last AD198x fix.

Intel8x0 driver,VIA82xx driver,AC97 Codec Core
- use ADI-compatible mode on AD1980 for more better controls.
- swap master and headphone on AD1980 and AD1985 as default.
- export remove_ctl, swap_ctl and rename_ctl for patch functions.
- removed AD1980/AD1985 master-swap quirks (since it's set as default).

ALSA<-OSS emulation
added fallback device selection for OSS mixer.

Maestro3 driver
don't enable MPU401 irq.

AC97 Codec Core
added ALC655 entry (compatible with ALC650).

CS4281 driver,RME32 driver,RME96 driver,CS46xx driver,NM256 driver
- fixed compile warnings with cast for memcpy_fromio/toio.
- use copy_to_user_fromio() in proc output.

Documentation,SB drivers,YMFPCI driver,ALS4000 driver,AZT3328 driver
CMIPCI driver,ENS1370/1+ driver,ES1968 driver,Intel8x0 driver
VIA82xx driver
- removed joystick control from the card control API.
  added joystick (or joystick_port) module option instead.
- updated documents for this joystick fix.
- moved resource management for ALS4000 from sb-common header
  to the als4000 local code.

Generic drivers,MPU401 UART,ALSA Core,ALS100 driver,AZT2320 driver
CMI8330 driver,DT019x driver,ES18xx driver,OPL3SA2 driver
Sound Galaxy driver,Sound Scape driver,AD1816A driver,AD1848 driver
CS4231 driver,CS4236+ driver,PC98(CS423x) driver,ES1688 driver
GUS Classic driver,GUS Extreme driver,GUS MAX driver
AMD InterWave driver,Opti9xx drivers,ES968 driver,SB16/AWE driver
SB8 driver,Wavefront drivers,CMIPCI driver,VIA82xx driver,YMFPCI driver
- fixed the boot parameters with long ints for non-intel architectures.
- added get_option_long() for parsing the parameter.

Intel8x0 driver
Added mpu_port initialization from the kernel command line

EMU10K1/EMU10K2 driver
Peter Zubaj <pzad@pobox.sk>:
- redesigned the default DSP routing of audigy1/2 boards.
  the normal PCM output is sent through 'Stereo Mix', while
  the independent pcm streams can be attenuated by 'PCM Front',
  'PCM Rear', and 'PCM Center/LFE' volumes.

OPL3,Raw OPL FM,ES1968 driver
removed obsolete __SND_OSS_COMPAT__.

Sound Scape driver
Chris Rankin <rankincj@yahoo.com> - use #define rather than value for the microcode size

VIA82xx driver
removed a wrong entry for gigabyte mobos.

USB generic driver
Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>:

- add support for M-Audio OmniStudio MIDI

Memalloc module
- fixed the compilation without PCI support.
  added ifdef CONFIG_PCI around preallocate_cards().

Documentation,PCMCIA Kconfig
- added CONFIG_ISA restriction to vxpocket and vxp440 drivers.

USB generic driver
Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>:

- fix Edirol comment
- use special macros for Yamaha devices
- add support for Yamaha MOTIF-R, CVP-204, CVP-206, CVP-208, CVP-210,
  PSR-1100, PSR-2100, PSR-K1, EZ-250i, MOTIF ES 6, MOTIF ES 7,
  MOTIF ES 8, CS1D, DSP1D, ACU16-C, NHB32-C, DM1000, 01V96

VIA82xx driver
- clean up the rate lock routine.
- added another gigabyte mobo entry.

ALSA Core,Timer Midlevel,ALSA sequencer,PPC DACA driver
PPC Tumbler driver
- check rootfs before calling request_module() to avoid annoying
  error messages at the boot time.

Timer Midlevel,ALSA sequencer
Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>:

- fixed timer resolution calculations
  Some functions assumed that timer->hw.resolution is in Hz, while it's
  actually in ns/tick.

Documentation,VIA82xx driver
- added dxs_support=4 option.  no VRA is used for DXS channels in this case.
- fixed the quirk for ASUS A7V8-X.
- added the quirk for Gigabyte mobo.
- removed the error message in codec_valid().

VIA82xx driver
- fixed the misuse of long pointer for getting the int value in
  boot parameter.

PCM Midlevel
Simplified snd_pcm_update_hw_ptr*() functions

AC97 Codec Core
fixes by James Courtier-Dutton <James@superbug.demon.co.uk>:

- fixed the wrong detection of SPDIF output.  SPDIF-out is enabled
  on all chip revisions.
- fixed the ac97 codec name shown in proc file, using ac97->id.

VIA82xx driver,AC97 Codec Core
- fixed typos in the last change to snd_ac97_set_rate().
  the correct flag to check is ac97->scaps.
- removed dxs_fixed=1 on VIA8233A (for SPDIF).
- added quirks for ASUS A7V8-X and MSI KT4V.