[NBLUG/talk] hsf softmodem trouble

[Dave Sisley]

Update:

I don't really understand how modules are used, but I've been playing with 
modprobe & lsmod, and I see the following:

The following files were put in my /lib/modules/2.4.20-6/misc/ directory:
hsfengine.o   hsfmc97ich.o  hsfosspec.o     hsfserial.o
hsfmc97ali.o  hsfmc97via.o  hsfpcibasic2.o  hsfsoar.o

Now see the output of the following command:

[root at localhost dsisley]# /sbin/lsmod | sort | egrep '*hsf*'
hsfengine             538304   0  (autoclean) [hsfserial]
hsfosspec              53184   2  (autoclean) [hsfpcibasic2 hsfserial hsfengine]
hsfpcibasic2           49816   0  (autoclean)
hsfserial              33064   0  (autoclean) [hsfpcibasic2]
hsfsoar                51240   0  (autoclean) [hsfpcibasic2]

Missing from this list are: 
hsfmc97ich.o, hsfmc97ali.o and hsfmc97via.o

Now see the output of modprobe:
[root at localhost dsisley]# /sbin/modprobe hsfserial
/lib/modules/2.4.20-6/misc/hsfmc97ich.o: init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
      You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.20-6/misc/hsfmc97ich.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.20-6/misc/hsfmc97ich.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.20-6/misc/hsfmc97via.o: init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
      You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.20-6/misc/hsfmc97via.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.20-6/misc/hsfmc97via.o failed
/lib/modules/2.4.20-6/misc/hsfmc97ali.o: init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
      You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
/lib/modules/2.4.20-6/misc/hsfmc97ali.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.20-6/misc/hsfmc97ali.o failed

The files mentioned are the 'missing' files.

I tried to insmod the files:

[root at localhost dsisley]# /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.4.20-6/misc/hsfmc97ich.o
/lib/modules/2.4.20-6/misc/hsfmc97ich.o: init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
      You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg

[etcetera]

...with no success.

My guess is that there is something wrong with these files? Note also the '97' 
in them - could they be related to my AC97 soundcard?

-dave.