[Nottingham] RE: FC2 and slmodem

[Craig Lynch]

Hi all,
I've sat back and watched the conversations going on in this mailing list 
and realised that most of you are quite advanced with your knowledge of 
linux. So, I was wondering, could you help me?

I'm a full convert and have been using linux for a while,
I've manged to learn quite a lot about FC2 and how it works, although, one 
thing keeps evading me...
How can I insert a custom kernel module at startup?
The module in question is slamr (part of the slmodemd package).
I've managed to get the service that is provided with it to run, but I have 
to insert the module manually and then restart the service everytime I 
startup the computer.

All that I've gathered so far is that I can get commands to run at startup 
by putting them into the rc.local script. I have tried using "modprobe 
slamr" in here, but I get a bunch of errors in the sytem log and the module 
fails to remain. (and yet the rest of the system carries on starting up, 
isn't linux brilliant!!? )

This is the output in the system log about the slamr module:
Code:
Sep  6 21:01:41 localhost kernel: slamr: module license 'Smart Link Ltd.' 
taints kernel.
Sep  6 21:01:41 localhost kernel: slamr: SmartLink AMRMO modem.
Sep  6 21:01:41 localhost kernel: slamr: probe 1039:7013 SiS630 card...
Sep  6 21:01:41 localhost kernel: slamr: mc97 codec is SIL21
Sep  6 21:01:41 localhost kernel: slamr: slamr0 is SiS630 card.


I've noticed a file called modprobe.conf with commands like this in:
Code:
alias snd-card-0 snd-trident
install snd-trident /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install snd-trident && 
/usr/sbin/alsactl restore >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
remove snd-trident { /usr/sbin/alsactl store >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; 
/sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-trident


Would I do something similar for slamr? Something like:
Code:
alias <hardware-name - I'll get to that> slamr
install slamr (I'm not sure what'd go after here)


The hardware name is another thing I'm unsure of. I've used dmesg to get 
this info about the linmodem.
Code:
00:01.6 Modem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 
a0) (prog-if 00 [Generic])
        Subsystem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Modem Controller
        Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- 
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 64 (13000ns min, 2750ns max)
        Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 5
        Region 0: I/O ports at d800
        Region 1: I/O ports at d400 [size=128]
        Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=55mA 
PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME-


I can't find anything that would relate to a hardware name similar to that 
of, "snd-card-0." If this info is useless, what command can I use to find 
out the hardware name?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Craig

(P.Q Just out of curiosity, why does modprobe.conf install the snd-trident 
driver and then remove it again, or am I interpreting that wrong? I'm 
thinking its got something to do with the ALSA integrated into the kernel, 
but any other enlightenment would be helpful.)
(P.S Sorry about the long post, I tried to be as thorough as possible)

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