- Added hotplug support - disconnection of devices
  - usbaudio
    - added hotplug support
    - added support for resolution to ALSA mixer
  - ALI5451
    - added initialization for ALi 7101
  - via82xx
    - added rate initialization for all AC97 streams
  - RME HDSP
    - fixed multiface initialization
  - ICE1712
    - spin-lock cleanups

  - ES18xx - fixed detection and initialization of opl3 and mpu401
  - ENS1370 - make inclusion of *_codec.h selective for each chipset
  - usb audio
    - unified get_min_max() function to retrieve the min and max values
    - added the debug condition to ignore the error at get/put callbacks
    - quirks - use USB_DEVICE without class interface

  - USB driver update
    - better extdigi support (mixer)
    - cleanups in the audio code

  - save_flags/cli/restore_flags removal
  - updated USB code for 2.5
  - fixed SPARC configuration
  - fixed spinlock/sleep race in PCM midlevel

  - VIA686 and VIA8233 driver merge to VIA82xx
  - ioctl32 fixes
  - fixed OOPS in snd_pcm_sgbuf_delete (not initialized)
  - I2C - call hw_stop() before returning at the error pointer
  - AC'97 codec - added more AC97 IDs by Laszlo Melis
  - CS46xx - mutex initialization fix
  - ENS1371 - added one more card to S/PDIF capabilities
  - intel8x0
    - fixed secondary and third codec indexes
  - PPC Keywest - initialize MCS in loop until it succeeds
  - PPC Tumbler - the initial support for snapper (TAS3004) on some tibook
  - USB Audio - mixer fixes

  - C99 structure initializers - second set of changes
  - USB MIDI driver
    - more device info for Roland/EDIROL devices

  - added USB Audio and USB MIDI drivers
  - VIA686
    - AC97 cold reset only when AC-link is down