static int atmel_pcm_new(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd)
 {
        struct snd_card *card = rtd->card->snd_card;
-       struct snd_soc_dai *dai = rtd->cpu_dai;
        struct snd_pcm *pcm = rtd->pcm;
        int ret = 0;
 
        if (!card->dev->coherent_dma_mask)
                card->dev->coherent_dma_mask = 0xffffffff;
 
-       if (dai->driver->playback.channels_min) {
+       if (pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK].substream) {
                ret = atmel_pcm_preallocate_dma_buffer(pcm,
                        SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK);
                if (ret)
                        goto out;
        }
 
-       if (dai->driver->capture.channels_min) {
+       if (pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE].substream) {
                pr_debug("atmel-pcm:"
                                "Allocating PCM capture DMA buffer\n");
                ret = atmel_pcm_preallocate_dma_buffer(pcm,
 
 static int bf5xx_pcm_ac97_new(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd)
 {
        struct snd_card *card = rtd->card->snd_card;
-       struct snd_soc_dai *dai = rtd->cpu_dai;
        struct snd_pcm *pcm = rtd->pcm;
        int ret = 0;
 
        if (!card->dev->coherent_dma_mask)
                card->dev->coherent_dma_mask = DMA_BIT_MASK(32);
 
-       if (dai->driver->playback.channels_min) {
+       if (pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK].substream) {
                ret = bf5xx_pcm_preallocate_dma_buffer(pcm,
                        SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK);
                if (ret)
                        goto out;
        }
 
-       if (dai->driver->capture.channels_min) {
+       if (pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE].substream) {
                ret = bf5xx_pcm_preallocate_dma_buffer(pcm,
                        SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE);
                if (ret)
 
 static int bf5xx_pcm_i2s_new(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd)
 {
        struct snd_card *card = rtd->card->snd_card;
-       struct snd_soc_dai *dai = rtd->cpu_dai;
        struct snd_pcm *pcm = rtd->pcm;
        int ret = 0;
 
        if (!card->dev->coherent_dma_mask)
                card->dev->coherent_dma_mask = DMA_BIT_MASK(32);
 
-       if (dai->driver->playback.channels_min) {
+       if (pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK].substream) {
                ret = bf5xx_pcm_preallocate_dma_buffer(pcm,
                        SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK);
                if (ret)
                        goto out;
        }
 
-       if (dai->driver->capture.channels_min) {
+       if (pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE].substream) {
                ret = bf5xx_pcm_preallocate_dma_buffer(pcm,
                        SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE);
                if (ret)
 
 static int bf5xx_pcm_tdm_new(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd)
 {
        struct snd_card *card = rtd->card->snd_card;
-       struct snd_soc_dai *dai = rtd->cpu_dai;
        struct snd_pcm *pcm = rtd->pcm;
        int ret = 0;
 
        if (!card->dev->coherent_dma_mask)
                card->dev->coherent_dma_mask = DMA_BIT_MASK(32);
 
-       if (dai->driver->playback.channels_min) {
+       if (pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK].substream) {
                ret = bf5xx_pcm_preallocate_dma_buffer(pcm,
                        SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK);
                if (ret)
                        goto out;
        }
 
-       if (dai->driver->capture.channels_min) {
+       if (pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE].substream) {
                ret = bf5xx_pcm_preallocate_dma_buffer(pcm,
                        SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE);
                if (ret)
 
 static int davinci_pcm_new(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd)
 {
        struct snd_card *card = rtd->card->snd_card;
-       struct snd_soc_dai *dai = rtd->cpu_dai;
        struct snd_pcm *pcm = rtd->pcm;
        int ret;
 
        if (!card->dev->coherent_dma_mask)
                card->dev->coherent_dma_mask = 0xffffffff;
 
-       if (dai->driver->playback.channels_min) {
+       if (pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK].substream) {
                ret = davinci_pcm_preallocate_dma_buffer(pcm,
                        SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK,
                        pcm_hardware_playback.buffer_bytes_max);
                        return ret;
        }
 
-       if (dai->driver->capture.channels_min) {
+       if (pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE].substream) {
                ret = davinci_pcm_preallocate_dma_buffer(pcm,
                        SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE,
                        pcm_hardware_capture.buffer_bytes_max);
 
 static int ep93xx_pcm_new(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd)
 {
        struct snd_card *card = rtd->card->snd_card;
-       struct snd_soc_dai *dai = rtd->cpu_dai;
        struct snd_pcm *pcm = rtd->pcm;
        int ret = 0;
 
        if (!card->dev->coherent_dma_mask)
                card->dev->coherent_dma_mask = 0xffffffff;
 
-       if (dai->driver->playback.channels_min) {
+       if (pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK].substream) {
                ret = ep93xx_pcm_preallocate_dma_buffer(pcm,
                                        SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK);
                if (ret)
                        return ret;
        }
 
-       if (dai->driver->capture.channels_min) {
+       if (pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE].substream) {
                ret = ep93xx_pcm_preallocate_dma_buffer(pcm,
                                        SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE);
                if (ret)
 
 static int jz4740_pcm_new(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd)
 {
        struct snd_card *card = rtd->card->snd_card;
-       struct snd_soc_dai *dai = rtd->cpu_dai;
        struct snd_pcm *pcm = rtd->pcm;
        int ret = 0;
 
        if (!card->dev->coherent_dma_mask)
                card->dev->coherent_dma_mask = DMA_BIT_MASK(32);
 
-       if (dai->driver->playback.channels_min) {
+       if (pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK].substream) {
                ret = jz4740_pcm_preallocate_dma_buffer(pcm,
                        SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK);
                if (ret)
                        goto err;
        }
 
-       if (dai->driver->capture.channels_min) {
+       if (pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE].substream) {
                ret = jz4740_pcm_preallocate_dma_buffer(pcm,
                        SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE);
                if (ret)
 
 static int kirkwood_dma_new(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd)
 {
        struct snd_card *card = rtd->card->snd_card;
-       struct snd_soc_dai *dai = rtd->cpu_dai;
        struct snd_pcm *pcm = rtd->pcm;
        int ret;
 
        if (!card->dev->coherent_dma_mask)
                card->dev->coherent_dma_mask = 0xffffffff;
 
-       if (dai->driver->playback.channels_min) {
+       if (pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK].substream) {
                ret = kirkwood_dma_preallocate_dma_buffer(pcm,
                                SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK);
                if (ret)
                        return ret;
        }
 
-       if (dai->driver->capture.channels_min) {
+       if (pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE].substream) {
                ret = kirkwood_dma_preallocate_dma_buffer(pcm,
                                SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE);
                if (ret)
 
 
 static int sst_pcm_new(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd)
 {
-       struct snd_soc_dai *dai = rtd->cpu_dai;
        struct snd_pcm *pcm = rtd->pcm;
        int retval = 0;
 
        pr_debug("sst_pcm_new called\n");
-       if (dai->driver->playback.channels_min ||
-                       dai->driver->capture.channels_min) {
+       if (pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK].substream ||
+                       pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE].substream) {
                retval =  snd_pcm_lib_preallocate_pages_for_all(pcm,
                        SNDRV_DMA_TYPE_CONTINUOUS,
                        snd_dma_continuous_data(GFP_KERNEL),
 
 static int omap_pcm_new(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd)
 {
        struct snd_card *card = rtd->card->snd_card;
-       struct snd_soc_dai *dai = rtd->cpu_dai;
        struct snd_pcm *pcm = rtd->pcm;
        int ret = 0;
 
        if (!card->dev->coherent_dma_mask)
                card->dev->coherent_dma_mask = DMA_BIT_MASK(64);
 
-       if (dai->driver->playback.channels_min) {
+       if (pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK].substream) {
                ret = omap_pcm_preallocate_dma_buffer(pcm,
                        SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK);
                if (ret)
                        goto out;
        }
 
-       if (dai->driver->capture.channels_min) {
+       if (pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE].substream) {
                ret = omap_pcm_preallocate_dma_buffer(pcm,
                        SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE);
                if (ret)
 
 static int dma_new(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd)
 {
        struct snd_card *card = rtd->card->snd_card;
-       struct snd_soc_dai *dai = rtd->cpu_dai;
        struct snd_pcm *pcm = rtd->pcm;
        int ret = 0;
 
        if (!card->dev->coherent_dma_mask)
                card->dev->coherent_dma_mask = 0xffffffff;
 
-       if (dai->driver->playback.channels_min) {
+       if (pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK].substream) {
                ret = preallocate_dma_buffer(pcm,
                        SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK);
                if (ret)
                        goto out;
        }
 
-       if (dai->driver->capture.channels_min) {
+       if (pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE].substream) {
                ret = preallocate_dma_buffer(pcm,
                        SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE);
                if (ret)
 
 static int idma_new(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd)
 {
        struct snd_card *card = rtd->card->snd_card;
-       struct snd_soc_dai *dai = rtd->cpu_dai;
        struct snd_pcm *pcm = rtd->pcm;
        int ret = 0;
 
        if (!card->dev->coherent_dma_mask)
                card->dev->coherent_dma_mask = DMA_BIT_MASK(32);
 
-       if (dai->driver->playback.channels_min)
+       if (pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK].substream) {
                ret = preallocate_idma_buffer(pcm,
                                SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK);
 
 
 static int tegra_pcm_new(struct snd_soc_pcm_runtime *rtd)
 {
        struct snd_card *card = rtd->card->snd_card;
-       struct snd_soc_dai *dai = rtd->cpu_dai;
        struct snd_pcm *pcm = rtd->pcm;
        int ret = 0;
 
        if (!card->dev->coherent_dma_mask)
                card->dev->coherent_dma_mask = 0xffffffff;
 
-       if (dai->driver->playback.channels_min) {
+       if (pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK].substream) {
                ret = tegra_pcm_preallocate_dma_buffer(pcm,
                                                SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_PLAYBACK);
                if (ret)
                        goto err;
        }
 
-       if (dai->driver->capture.channels_min) {
+       if (pcm->streams[SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE].substream) {
                ret = tegra_pcm_preallocate_dma_buffer(pcm,
                                                SNDRV_PCM_STREAM_CAPTURE);
                if (ret)