[alsa-devel] multi-channel playback regression

[Takashi Iwai]

At Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:14:27 +0200 (CEST),
Jaroslav Kysela wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 23 Jul 2009, Wu Fengguang wrote:
> 
> >> Is this with the patched (as is on sound git tree) kernel?
> >
> > Yes, it's unmodified latest git tree.
> >
> >> What if changing from #if 1 to #if 0?
> >
> > This makes 8-channel playback work again.
> 
> Can we check if we running under VMWare at runtime?

No idea.  But, an option to allow to choose manually might be usefl
for other broken hardwares that require a similar fallback like
VMware, although this doesn't conflict with the automatic detection
of vmware.


Takashi