The ALSA 1.0.21 driver package update brings the Creative X-Fi Linux driver officially along with a horde of updates to the other drivers and more. The CMI8788 Oxygen driver (used by sound cards like the Razer Barracuda AC-1) now includes support for HDAV S/PDIF inputs and when it comes to sound cards now works with the ASUS Xonar Essence ST. Another driver used by many Linux users is the HDA codec driver, which now supports many new notebooks and other sound devices. The HDA Intel driver also supports a new AMD HD audio device. On top of this, the USB audio support for ALSA has received numerous improvements in ALSA 1.0.21.
You can see the full list of changes from 1.0.20 to 1.0.21, HERE.
Beyond the ALSA drivers, the ALSA library, utilities, tools, plug-ins, and PyALSA have all been updated to a version 1.0.21 status.
To upgrade to ALSA 1.0.21, you can use our ALSA 1.0.20 upgrade guide, but make sure you download the 1.0.21 packages instead of 1.0.20.
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You can see the full list of changes from 1.0.20 to 1.0.21, HERE.
Beyond the ALSA drivers, the ALSA library, utilities, tools, plug-ins, and PyALSA have all been updated to a version 1.0.21 status.
To upgrade to ALSA 1.0.21, you can use our ALSA 1.0.20 upgrade guide, but make sure you download the 1.0.21 packages instead of 1.0.20.
[credits: phoronix]
