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On 02/17/2010 11:15 AM, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 04:20:53PM -0800, Mark Knecht wrote:
>>[...]
>> 1) IMO Alsa has never run so well when drivers are compiled into the
>> kernel. I do a lot of audio in Linux and have always had the best
>> results using modules. I would strongly suggest you give it a try...
>
> Oh deity!  I was hoping not to have to do this.  I've never used modules
> before, since they are (or were) an unnecessary complication, and might
> introduce security risks.  Maybe I'll have to read up on this.

You probably won't need modules.  Module configuration options can 
usually be replaced by kernel options in Grub.