(I'm 'crimsun'.) The appropriate patches[0] for both Dapper and Edgy have already been sent to our kernel lead. Whether they'll be applied immediately is fairly doubtful, since we're less than two weeks from Edgy's release.
[0] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel- team/2006-October/thread.html ** Changed in: alsa-driver (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed ** Summary changed: - snd_hda_intel driver provides only playback on macbook + [Dapper] Certain HDA STAC codecs only provide playback capability -- [Dapper] Certain HDA STAC codecs only provide playback capability https://launchpad.net/bugs/59569 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs