- PCM - recoded link group locking
  - MPU401 - replaced RX_LOOP and TX_LOOP bits with atomic_t variables
  - ICE17xx - moved ak4xxx routines to separate module (snd-ak4xxx-adda)
  - CS8427 - fixed initialization, added Q-subcode control
  - AC97 - added more patches for Wolfson codecs
  - CMIPCI - added 24-bit sample support for S/PDIF
  - maestro3 - fixes
  - via82xx - workaround for Award BIOS, dxs_support module parameter
  - ymfpci - fixed initialization
  - intel8x0 - code cleanups, recoded inialization of pcm streams
  - sa11xx-uda1341 - removed debug code and other cleanups
  - irqreturn_t cleanups