USB generic driver
- added a workaround for M-Audio Audiophile USB.
- avoid async out and adaptive in if other methods are available.
- fixed the hw_constraint check for 24bit formats.

USB generic driver
- added async_unlink option.
  the default bahevior is not changed yet.
- added some comments.

I2C lib core
- fixed sleep in lock.  use mutex for the locking.

CS4236+ driver
- fixed the detection of combination of pnp and non-pnp devices.

AC97 Codec Core
Added IC Ensemble/KS Waves ID for stereo enhancement

CMIPCI driver
- set XCHGDAC bit implicitly on MC4/6 models for fixing wrong
  playback on some boards.
- removed 'Exchange DAC' control from such a model.

EMU10K1/EMU10K2 driver
Peter Zubaj <pzad@pobox.sk>:
 - disable routing from AC97 line out to front speakers.
 - AC97 ADC is used only for Mic playback and recording
 - Philips ADC is used for other analog playback and recording
  (Analog Mix Playback Volume, Analog Mix Capture Volume)
 - removes unused AC97 controls (is phone used ???)

Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>:
 - removed the duplicated IEC958 control on Dell's board.

ALSA<-OSS emulation
Fixed semantics in snd_pcm_oss_bytes() function.

OPL4
Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
oops - use vfree in error paths, too

AC97 Codec Core
Fixed cut & paste bug

VIA82xx driver
added the quirk for ASUS A7V600.

AC97 Codec Core
Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
new controls for AD1981A/B/1980/1985

OPL4
Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
use vmalloc instead of kmalloc for temp buffer in proc read()/write()

Opti9xx drivers
- fixed the detection of opti92x-ad1848 pnp.

OSS device core,ALSA Core
- take MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV_MAJOR() back.
- added missing inclusion of linux/device.h.

ALSA Core,ALS100 driver,AZT2320 driver,DT019x driver,CS4231 driver
CS4236+ driver,PC98(CS423x) driver,Opti9xx drivers,SB16/AWE driver
Wavefront drivers
use the standard port address, 0 = disable, 1 = auto-probe, others manual.
negative values are accepted as disable, too.

OSS device core,Documentation,ALSA Core,ALSA<-OSS emulation
ALSA<-OSS sequencer,ALSA Minor Numbers
Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>:
- added MODULE_ALIAS for sound services.
  clean up the document.
  modified by Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Documentation,ALSA Core
- cards_limit=1 as default instead of 8.
- cards_limit means the number of auto-loaded cards.  not limits the
  actual card numbers for manual loading (e.g. hotplug).

ALSA<-OSS emulation
Fixed read for partial OSS period buffer contents

AD1848 driver
Robert Harris <robert.f.harris@blueyonder.co.uk>
Fixed spinlocks

ALSA<-OSS emulation
- avail_min is now 1
- fixed read1() function for avail_min == 1
- fixed conversion between ALSA and OSS position
- fixed info.blocks computing in get_ptr() (included fixup)
- fixed get_space() function (included fixup)

Documentation,ALS4000 driver,AZT3328 driver,CMIPCI driver
ENS1370/1+ driver,VIA82xx driver,YMFPCI driver
- use consistent values for specifying the port address
  (0 = disable, 1 = auto-detect, others = manual)
- fixed the auto-detection of joystick port.

YMFPCI driver
fixed the auto-detection of joystick port.

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).