Hi.

I found the latest cmipci driver cannot playback in multichannel mode anymore.

My hardware is 'CMI8738 model 55' attempting to play 2 or 4 channels through the 2nd DAC i get no sound at all. 6 ch produces sound only at center/bass while front and rear still mute.

I found the root of problem in redefinition of some bits of the CM_REG_MISC_CTRL (0x18) register. Was: CM_FLINKON=0x40, CM_FLINKOFF=0x20 Now it is: CM_FLINKON=0x80 CM_FLINKOFF=0x40

Note the CM_FLINKOFF does collide with the CM_MUTECH1=0x40 bit. This bit disables playback on 2nd DAC.

The CM_FLINKOFF/CM_FLINKON bits used in the 'Modem' mixer control only. During startup the mixer turns the modem off somewhere and this disables 2nd DAC as well.

Complete removal of this 'Modem' control fixes the problem. Is it an acceptable solution?

I guess the snd_cmipci_control_switches could be removed too.

Regards. Tim. --- alsa-driver-hg20071027/alsa-kernel/pci/cmipci.c 2007-09-18 04:00:10.000000000 +0400 +++ alsa-driver/alsa-kernel/pci/cmipci.c 2007-10-29 17:09:31.000000000 +0300 @@ -2389,7 +2389,6 @@ DEFINE_BIT_SWITCH_ARG(fourch, CM_REG_MIS // DEFINE_BIT_SWITCH_ARG(line_rear, CM_REG_MIXER1, CM_REAR2LIN, 1, 0); // DEFINE_BIT_SWITCH_ARG(line_bass, CM_REG_LEGACY_CTRL, CM_CENTR2LIN|CM_BASE2LIN, 0, 0); // DEFINE_BIT_SWITCH_ARG(joystick, CM_REG_FUNCTRL1, CM_JYSTK_EN, 0, 0); /* now module option */ -DEFINE_SWITCH_ARG(modem, CM_REG_MISC_CTRL, CM_FLINKON|CM_FLINKOFF, CM_FLINKON, 0, 0);

#define DEFINE_SWITCH(sname, stype, sarg) \ { .name = sname, \ @@ -2597,7 +2596,7 @@ static struct snd_kcontrol_new snd_cmipc /* card control switches */ static struct snd_kcontrol_new snd_cmipci_control_switches[] __devinitdata = { // DEFINE_CARD_SWITCH("Joystick", joystick), /* now module option */ - DEFINE_CARD_SWITCH("Modem", modem), +// DEFINE_CARD_SWITCH("Modem", modem), };