[alsa-devel] modifying VIA8237.conf - does it currently work correctly for somebody?

[John L. Utz III]

Hi;

I am sorry for the vagueness of the questions, but now that i have some  
understanding of how these files are supposed to work i want to get this  
right!

to support 4.0/5.1/7.1 for the vt1618 codec i have to change a different  
set of twiddlers than what is called out in the current version of the  
conf file.

worse yet, the twiddlers called out in the current file dont even *exist*  
on the vt1618:

   {
   	name "Surround Down Mix"
         preserve true
         value off
         lock true
         optional true
   }
   {
         name "Center/LFE Down Mix"
         preserve true
         value off
         lock true
         optional true
   }


How do i add new stuff without breaking old stuff? is there a sub-identity  
that i could use?

tnx!

johnu