I don't really know how to answer. What mobo do you have? Some of the linux chatter has centered around trying drivers for the ALC888, I think. If you have a Gigabyte board, you're welcome to try my patched kexts. I haven't been able to get EFI strings or HDAEnabler to do anything. I'm currently using ALCinject, and Taruga's patcher with the "real" 889a dump I found online. This has gotten me zilch in system profiler, but a bunch of channels show up in prefs anyway. I have 4 inputs and 4 outputs verified functional. I haven't had a chance to check the SPDIF or optical yet.

I think the best hope at this point is to wait for the ALSA project to gain better support for the 889a, and hope that Taruga regains his health and releases patcher 2.0.

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Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS4 Rev. 2.1 • EVGA Nvidia 8800GT 512 • 4GB Geil DDR2 667 • Samsung SH-S223F DVD Burner • Seagate Barracuda ES 750GB SATAII • iDeneb 1.3 (10.5.5) • ...and a Smug Grin