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Message-ID: <48BE7EE4.8020800@insite.cz>
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:11:16 +0200
From: Pavel Hofman <pavel.hofman@...ite.cz>
To: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
CC: Wei Ni <wni@...dia.com>, Peer Chen <pchen@...dia.com>,
alsa-devel <alsa-devel@...a-project.org>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
akpm <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [alsa-devel] [PATCH] add the nvidia HDMI codec driver for MCP77/79
>> ......
>> According to these codes, It only can get the realtek codec and can not
>> get hdmi codec, if just change azx_max_codecs[AZX_DRIVER_NVIDIA] to 4
>> I think if remove "if (!audio_codecs)", it will be better, and I only
>> need to chang azx_max_codecs[AZX_DRIVER_NVIDIA] to 4
>
> Well, the check is there for a good reason.
>
> There are many machines with broken BIOS reporting the 4th slot
> available although it isn't actually. It's a workaround to skip such
> a bogus information. So, it cannot be changed so easily.
>
> We need to sort out this in a better way... Oh well.
Please, please, put the above information as a comment to the respective
place. These "hacks" should be commented :)
Thanks a lot,
Pavel.
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