[Alsa-devel] aureal driver compile problem and patch

(I already attempted to send this message to the list once before I subscribed, but it never showed up in the archives. My apologies if this ends up being a duplicate post. -ELH) Hello, I'm running RedHat 7.3 with all updates applied (including RedHat's kernel version 2.4.20-20.7), with a

[Alsa-devel] 1.0.0pre1: au88x0 driver locks up kernel

I'm running RedHat 7.3 (RH kernel 2.4.20-20.7, gcc 2.96-113), and have a generic Aureal Vortex 1 card (au8820 chipset). Compiling and installing the 1.0.0pre1 ALSA driver works fine, but if I do a 'modprobe snd-au8820', the computer locks up instantly (can't even ssh in from another computer).