Hi,
I am running 2.6.1-rc1-mm1 on a suse 9.0 system.
But i am having problems with the sound drivers/alsa.
I have compiled the sound drivers into the kernel and not as a loadable 
module, but the sound system fails to start automatically after a reboot.
I have to go into yast and go thru the sound setup everytime i boot and 
the strange thing is that the sound card is already configured and shows 
that it is running. I just have to go thru it and sound starts working.
however sometimes after a little while the message
disabling IRQ #11 
appears and the sound card stops working. 

and everytime I boot the kernel also disables IRQ #9.

the following lines are from the o/p of the hwinfo command.

17: PCI 0d.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at pci.65]
  Unique ID: qnJ_.zq4WwPe20r5
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Davicom Ethernet 100/10 MBit"
  Vendor: pci 0x1282 "Davicom Semiconductor, Inc."
  Device: pci 0x9102 "Ethernet 100/10 MBit"
  SubVendor: pci 0x0291
  SubDevice: pci 0x8212
  Revision: 0x31
  I/O Ports: 0xdc00-0xdcff (rw)
  Memory Range: 0xdfffff00-??? (rw,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xdff80000-??? (ro,disabled)
  IRQ: 17 (1955378 events)
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: dmfe is not active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "insmod dmfe"
  Driver Info #1:
    Driver Status: tulip is not active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "insmod tulip"
  Config Status: cfg=yes, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown

23: PCI 11.5: 0401 Multimedia audio controller
  [Created at pci.65]
  Unique ID: Ssy1.FSRBkG45L8D
  Hardware Class: sound
  Model: "Giga-byte GA-7VAX Onboard Audio (Realtek ALC650)"
  Vendor: pci 0x1106 "VIA Technologies, Inc."
  Device: pci 0x3059 "VT8233/A/8235 AC97 Audio Controller"
  SubVendor: pci 0x1458 "Giga-byte Technology"
  SubDevice: pci 0xa002 "GA-7VAX Onboard Audio (Realtek ALC650)"
  Revision: 0x30
  I/O Ports: 0xd800-0xd8ff (rw)
  IRQ: 11 (2000000 events)
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Info: snd-via686,snd-via8233
  Config Status: cfg=yes, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown

41: PCI 11.5: 0401 Multimedia audio controller
  [Created at manual.260]
  Unique ID: Ssy1.V2mM3CHvMND
  Hardware Class: sound
  Model: "VIA VT8233/A/8235 AC97 Audio Controller"
  Vendor: pci 0x1106 "VIA Technologies, Inc."
  Device: pci 0x3059 "VT8233/A/8235 AC97 Audio Controller"
  Revision: 0x30
  I/O Ports: 0xd800-0xd8ff (rw)
  IRQ: 11 (10290 events)
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Info: snd-via686,snd-via8233
  Config Status: cfg=no, avail=no, need=no, active=unknown

44: PCI 0c.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
  [Created at manual.260]
  Unique ID: lgGW.zq4WwPe20r5
  Hardware Class: network
  Model: "Davicom Ethernet 100/10 MBit"
  Vendor: pci 0x1282 "Davicom Semiconductor, Inc."
  Device: pci 0x9102 "Ethernet 100/10 MBit"
  SubVendor: pci 0x0291
  SubDevice: pci 0x8212
  Revision: 0x31
  I/O Ports: 0xdc00-0xdcff (rw)
  Memory Range: 0xdfffff00-??? (rw,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xdff80000-??? (ro,disabled)
  IRQ: 11 (1282 events)
  Driver Info #0:
    Driver Status: dmfe is not active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "insmod dmfe"
  Driver Info #1:
    Driver Status: tulip is not active
    Driver Activation Cmd: "insmod tulip"
  Config Status: cfg=yes, avail=no, need=no, active=unknown

55: PCI 11.6: 0780 Communication controller
  [Created at manual.260]
  Unique ID: KBSt.m2OuY_layX5
  Hardware Class: unknown
  Model: "VIA Intel 537 [AC97 Modem]"
  Vendor: pci 0x1106 "VIA Technologies, Inc."
  Device: pci 0x3068 "Intel 537 [AC97 Modem]"
  Revision: 0x70
  I/O Ports: 0xd800-0xd8ff (rw)
  IRQ: 9 (no events)
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=no, need=no, active=unknown

If you need any more information then plz to follow up and is there any 
way of enabling an IRQ.

also although it shows IRQ #11 disabled network continues to work.

I have also attached the .config file for my system

Mainak Mandal

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