Here's what I need help with. . . Then I rebooted, and it failed to load up sound. I bet it was because I need to hexedit the file. If anybody knows how to get more than the CD player working, using this driver version, with 2.2.9-19mdk linux, drop me a line. David, I know, the hex thing really sounds flaky at first.
Skepticism is totally understandable.
The string that you edit is compared to your kernel version. The driver loads. If it doesn't match it spits out that annoying message that we all know and love. Unfortunately you have to re-edit the string each time you upgrade your kernel. On the upside, at least it's not terribly difficult.