diff --git a/include/sound/emu10k1.h b/include/sound/emu10k1.h
index b1e8ee8e0fab488e65d3dba578cb8b103bd0fbc9..6647919768bf9d431bee5bff529482549025859d 100644
--- a/include/sound/emu10k1.h
+++ b/include/sound/emu10k1.h
@@ -1050,8 +1050,9 @@ typedef struct {
 	unsigned char spdif_bug;    /* Has Spdif phasing bug */
 	unsigned char ac97_chip;    /* Has an AC97 chip */
 	unsigned char ecard;        /* APS EEPROM */
-	char * driver;
-	char * name;
+	const char *driver;
+	const char *name;
+	const char *id;		/* for backward compatibility - can be NULL if not needed */
 } emu_chip_details_t;
 
 struct _snd_emu10k1 {
diff --git a/sound/pci/emu10k1/emu10k1_main.c b/sound/pci/emu10k1/emu10k1_main.c
index 38be0f1b0e7271ffc7b7416141dc5a75622820ab..a2fa5012c843426e6d9d7fd3f02d15b437f2d3fe 100644
--- a/sound/pci/emu10k1/emu10k1_main.c
+++ b/sound/pci/emu10k1/emu10k1_main.c
@@ -616,15 +616,18 @@ static emu_chip_details_t emu_chip_details[] = {
 	/* Audigy 2 Value AC3 out does not work yet. Need to find out how to turn off interpolators.*/
 	{.vendor = 0x1102, .device = 0x0008, .subsystem = 0x10011102,
 	 .driver = "Audigy2", .name = "Audigy 2 Value [SB0400]", 
+	 .id = "Audigy2",
 	 .emu10k2_chip = 1,
 	 .ca0108_chip = 1,
 	 .spk71 = 1} ,
 	{.vendor = 0x1102, .device = 0x0008, 
 	 .driver = "Audigy2", .name = "Audigy 2 Value [Unknown]", 
+	 .id = "Audigy2",
 	 .emu10k2_chip = 1,
 	 .ca0108_chip = 1} ,
 	{.vendor = 0x1102, .device = 0x0004, .subsystem = 0x20071102,
 	 .driver = "Audigy2", .name = "Audigy 4 PRO [SB0380]", 
+	 .id = "Audigy2",
 	 .emu10k2_chip = 1,
 	 .ca0102_chip = 1,
 	 .ca0151_chip = 1,
@@ -633,6 +636,7 @@ static emu_chip_details_t emu_chip_details[] = {
 	 .ac97_chip = 1} ,
 	{.vendor = 0x1102, .device = 0x0004, .subsystem = 0x20021102,
 	 .driver = "Audigy2", .name = "Audigy 2 ZS [SB0350]", 
+	 .id = "Audigy2",
 	 .emu10k2_chip = 1,
 	 .ca0102_chip = 1,
 	 .ca0151_chip = 1,
@@ -641,6 +645,7 @@ static emu_chip_details_t emu_chip_details[] = {
 	 .ac97_chip = 1} ,
 	{.vendor = 0x1102, .device = 0x0004, .subsystem = 0x20011102,
 	 .driver = "Audigy2", .name = "Audigy 2 ZS [2001]", 
+	 .id = "Audigy2",
 	 .emu10k2_chip = 1,
 	 .ca0102_chip = 1,
 	 .ca0151_chip = 1,
@@ -649,6 +654,7 @@ static emu_chip_details_t emu_chip_details[] = {
 	 .ac97_chip = 1} ,
 	{.vendor = 0x1102, .device = 0x0004, .subsystem = 0x10071102,
 	 .driver = "Audigy2", .name = "Audigy 2 [SB0240]", 
+	 .id = "Audigy2",
 	 .emu10k2_chip = 1,
 	 .ca0102_chip = 1,
 	 .ca0151_chip = 1,
@@ -657,12 +663,14 @@ static emu_chip_details_t emu_chip_details[] = {
 	 .ac97_chip = 1} ,
 	{.vendor = 0x1102, .device = 0x0004, .subsystem = 0x10051102,
 	 .driver = "Audigy2", .name = "Audigy 2 EX [1005]", 
+	 .id = "Audigy2",
 	 .emu10k2_chip = 1,
 	 .ca0102_chip = 1,
 	 .ca0151_chip = 1,
 	 .spdif_bug = 1} ,
 	{.vendor = 0x1102, .device = 0x0004, .subsystem = 0x10021102,
 	 .driver = "Audigy2", .name = "Audigy 2 Platinum [SB0240P]", 
+	 .id = "Audigy2",
 	 .emu10k2_chip = 1,
 	 .ca0102_chip = 1,
 	 .ca0151_chip = 1,
@@ -671,34 +679,41 @@ static emu_chip_details_t emu_chip_details[] = {
 	 .ac97_chip = 1} ,
 	{.vendor = 0x1102, .device = 0x0004, .subsystem = 0x10020052,
 	 .driver = "Audigy", .name = "Audigy 1 ES [SB0160]", 
+	 .id = "Audigy",
 	 .emu10k2_chip = 1,
 	 .ca0102_chip = 1,
 	 .spdif_bug = 1} ,
 	{.vendor = 0x1102, .device = 0x0004,
 	 .driver = "Audigy", .name = "Audigy 1 or 2 [Unknown]", 
+	 .id = "Audigy",
 	 .emu10k2_chip = 1,
 	 .ca0102_chip = 1,
 	 .spdif_bug = 1} ,
 	{.vendor = 0x1102, .device = 0x0002, .subsystem = 0x40011102,
 	 .driver = "EMU10K1", .name = "E-mu APS [4001]", 
+	 .id = "APS",
 	 .emu10k1_chip = 1,
 	 .ecard = 1} ,
 	{.vendor = 0x1102, .device = 0x0002, .subsystem = 0x80641102,
 	 .driver = "EMU10K1", .name = "SB Live 5.1", 
+	 .id = "Live",
 	 .emu10k1_chip = 1,
 	 .ac97_chip = 1,
 	 .sblive51 = 1} ,
 	{.vendor = 0x1102, .device = 0x0002, .subsystem = 0x80401102,
 	 .driver = "EMU10K1", .name = "SBLive! Platinum [CT4760P]", 
+	 .id = "Live",
 	 .emu10k1_chip = 1,
 	 .ac97_chip = 1} ,
 	{.vendor = 0x1102, .device = 0x0002, .subsystem = 0x80271102,
 	 .driver = "EMU10K1", .name = "SBLive! Value [CT4832]", 
+	 .id = "Live",
 	 .emu10k1_chip = 1,
 	 .ac97_chip = 1,
 	 .sblive51 = 1} ,
 	{.vendor = 0x1102, .device = 0x0002,
 	 .driver = "EMU10K1", .name = "SB Live [Unknown]", 
+	 .id = "Live",
 	 .emu10k1_chip = 1,
 	 .ac97_chip = 1,
 	 .sblive51 = 1} ,
@@ -772,6 +787,9 @@ int __devinit snd_emu10k1_create(snd_card_t * card,
 	else
 		snd_printdd("Sound card name=%s, vendor=0x%x, device=0x%x, subsystem=0x%x\n", c->name, pci->vendor, pci->device, emu->serial);
 	
+	if (!*card->id && c->id)
+		strlcpy(card->id, c->id, sizeof(card->id));
+
 	is_audigy = emu->audigy = c->emu10k2_chip;
 
 	/* set the DMA transfer mask */