Patches applied in the Debian version of :

debian/patches/move_asound_state_to_var.patch (David B. Harris):
  Move asound.state location to /var/lib/alsa/

debian/patches/alsaconf_safe_tmp.patch (Thomas Hood):
  Create alsaconf.cards temporary file safely
  Always run in modinfo mode

debian/patches/debian_alsaconf_paths.patch (Thomas Hood):
  Don't precompute paths for lspci and lsmod

debian/patches/debian_alsaconf_idmode.patch (Thomas Hood):
  Use Debian-specified GID and mode for ALSA devices.

debian/patches/debian_alsaconf_noclear.patch (Thomas Hood):
  Don't clear the screen. (Let the user see error messages.)

debian/patches/debian_alsaconf_unload_modules.patch (Thomas Hood):
  Run initscript force-unload method rather than stop
  and do it after the intro rather than before

debian/patches/debian_alsaconf_improve_intro.patch (Thomas Hood):
  Improve introductory message

debian/patches/debian_alsaconf_nodup.patch (Thomas Hood):
  Do not put any lines into /etc/mod{utils,probe.d}/sound that are
  already present in /etc/mod{utils,probe.d}/alsa-base

debian/patches/debian_alsaconf_modprobe_ignoreinstall.patch (Thomas Hood):
  Use modprobe --ignore-install when modprobing legacy card drivers with args