In the file sound/pci/ctxfi/cthw20k1.c, the function daio_mgr_dao_init contains: set_field(&ctl->spoctl, SPOCTL_OS << (idx*8), ((conf >> 3) & 0x1) ? 2 : 2); /* Raw */ Could the second argument just be 2? It's true that the preceeding call contains conf >> ..., but in a more useful way, so perhaps it could be useful for uniformity? thanks, julia