Compiling ALSA on RedHatLinux

if modprobe(8) complains about unresolved symbols in schedule_work, you need to run

touch include/linux/workqueue.h

between ./configure and make(1) on alsa-driver.

Compiling ALSA on RedHatLinux using the FreshRpms SRPM

You probably want to set up your own .rpmmacros file first, as per RPMNotes. Remember to specify the target architecture and the card (see the ALSA soundcard matrix to find yours) to compile for, eg.

rpmbuild --rebuild alsa-driver.x.y.z-p.src.rpm --define 'cards als4000' --target $arch

where $arch might be athlon, f.ex. The RPMs will end up in RPMS/$arch/, ie f.ex in RPMS/athlon/. As with all source builds, you will need to recompile the SRPM if you upgrade your Kernel; you only need to install the kernel-module-alsa RPM, however.

modprobe(8) complains about unresolved symbols in schedule_work

You will need to get your hands dirty a bit. Install the SRPM

rpm -ivh alsa-driver.x.y.z-p.src.rpm

Now open the alsa-driver.x.y.z-p.spec in the SPECS/ directory, locate the %configure and make commands and the following command between them.

touch include/linux/workqueue.h

Finally, RPM needs to be told to build the spec file

rpmbuild -bb --define 'cards als4000' --target $arch alsa-driver.x.y.z-p.spec

You can now install the RPMs built in the RPMS/$arch/ directory.