[alsa-devel] hda_intel: SPDIF not detected on Asus P7P55D PRO

[Robert Hancock]

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de> wrote:
>> > Thanks.  This looks really incompatible with the existing VIA codecs.
>> > So, no wonder that you didn't get it working by a simple hack.
>>
>> Yes, I agree.
>>
>> > Harald, do you know anyone who can help the development for this new
>> > codec chip?
>>
>> VIA already has code for supporting this chip, and they were about to support
>> one big monster patch (15000 lines of code) containing what looks like several
>> months of code for several codecs.
>
> OK, good to know.
>
>>  I've asked them to split this up and create
>> and submit per-feature patches.
>
> Ah, thanks, that'll be really helpful!
>
>> I don't know how long it will take them to do this.  Maybe Lydia can give
>> some comment on this.
>>
>> Also, in case you want to see the big monster patch just for reference, I
>> can see if it can be posted to alsa-devel.  It should be no problem, IMHO.
>
> Heh, who wants it? ;)
> The logically split patches are really appreciated, especially in such
> a case.

If it's possible, I'd say it would be nice to have the big patch
posted now even if it's not in mergeable condition yet, just for
testing and for people to use temporarily..