Index: /trunk/src/VBox/Devices/Audio/DevIchAc97.cpp
===================================================================
--- /trunk/src/VBox/Devices/Audio/DevIchAc97.cpp	(revision 82450)
+++ /trunk/src/VBox/Devices/Audio/DevIchAc97.cpp	(revision 82451)
@@ -516,7 +516,8 @@
     /** Whether debugging is enabled or not. */
     bool                    fEnabled;
+    bool                    afAlignment[7];
     /** Path where to dump the debug output to.
      *  Defaults to VBOX_AUDIO_DEBUG_DUMP_PCM_DATA_PATH. */
-    char                    szOutPath[RTPATH_MAX];
+    R3PTRTYPE(char *)       pszOutPath;
 } AC97STATEDEBUG;
 
@@ -1089,5 +1090,5 @@
 
         char szPath[RTPATH_MAX];
-        int rc2 = DrvAudioHlpFileNameGet(szPath, sizeof(szPath), pThisCC->Dbg.szOutPath, szFile,
+        int rc2 = DrvAudioHlpFileNameGet(szPath, sizeof(szPath), pThisCC->Dbg.pszOutPath, szFile,
                                          0 /* uInst */, PDMAUDIOFILETYPE_WAV, PDMAUDIOFILENAME_FLAGS_NONE);
         AssertRC(rc2);
@@ -1100,5 +1101,5 @@
             RTStrPrintf(szFile, sizeof(szFile), "ac97DMAReadSD%RU8", pStream->u8SD);
 
-        rc2 = DrvAudioHlpFileNameGet(szPath, sizeof(szPath), pThisCC->Dbg.szOutPath, szFile,
+        rc2 = DrvAudioHlpFileNameGet(szPath, sizeof(szPath), pThisCC->Dbg.pszOutPath, szFile,
                                      0 /* uInst */, PDMAUDIOFILETYPE_WAV, PDMAUDIOFILENAME_FLAGS_NONE);
         AssertRC(rc2);
@@ -4141,6 +4142,5 @@
                                 N_("AC97 configuration error: failed to read debugging enabled flag as boolean"));
 
-    rc = pHlp->pfnCFGMQueryStringDef(pCfg, "DebugPathOut", pThisCC->Dbg.szOutPath, sizeof(pThisCC->Dbg.szOutPath),
-                                     VBOX_AUDIO_DEBUG_DUMP_PCM_DATA_PATH);
+    rc = pHlp->pfnCFGMQueryStringAllocDef(pCfg, "DebugPathOut", &pThisCC->Dbg.pszOutPath, VBOX_AUDIO_DEBUG_DUMP_PCM_DATA_PATH);
     if (RT_FAILURE(rc))
         return PDMDEV_SET_ERROR(pDevIns, rc,
@@ -4148,5 +4148,5 @@
 
     if (pThisCC->Dbg.fEnabled)
-        LogRel2(("AC97: Debug output will be saved to '%s'\n", pThisCC->Dbg.szOutPath));
+        LogRel2(("AC97: Debug output will be saved to '%s'\n", pThisCC->Dbg.pszOutPath));
 
     /*