Re: Kernel 2.4.20

From: Riley Williams (wpu@fernuni-hagen.de)
Date: Thu Jul 24 2003 - 11:01:16 EEST

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    Hi David.

    > Hi All...have been putting Slackware 9.0 onto a 2ghz h/d for use
    > with packet...I set it up with all the ax25 progs...libax25...ax25
    > utils...ax25 tools etc and then configured it to use my SB16
    > soundcard on 4800 bd...when I modprobe soundmodem I get a warning
    > message that the driver could corrupt the kernel and also ...no
    > licence....

    The warning that the soundmodem driver could corrupt the kernel IS
    important. This will be connected with the fact that the kernel
    soundmodem driver is depreciated, and regarded as obsolete, with the
    current recommendation being to use the user-mode soundmodem tool in
    its place.

    The warning about no licence is probably a side-effect of that driver
    being regarded as obsolete, with the only future patches concerning
    it likely to be ones that just strip it out of the kernel altogether.
    Indeed, that happened in the 2.5 series some time ago, and there is
    no soundmodem driver in the current 2.6-test series as a result. As
    Jeremy has already stated, this warning is because of a requirement
    that each module state the licence it is released under, and it has
    no effect on the functionality of that module.

    Best wishes from Riley G7GOD / KB8PPG

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