[alsa-devel] Intel ICH Modem init fails for laptop built-in SiS modem

[Richard Kennedy]

My JVC mininote laptop has an inbuilt SiS modem

00:01.6 Modem [0703]: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Modem Controller [1039:7013] (rev a0)

which is detected by the snd-intel8x0m driver but it always fails to
initialise and spams the log file :- 

kernel: codec_semaphore: semaphore is not ready [0x1][0x1300]
kernel:last message repeated 2 times
kernel: codec_semaphore: semaphore is not ready [0x1][0x300]
kernel:last message repeated 431 times
kernel: AC'97 1 does not respond - RESET
kernel: codec_semaphore: semaphore is not ready [0x1][0x300]
kernel: codec_semaphore: semaphore is not ready [0x1][0x300]
kernel: AC'97 1 access is not valid [0xffffffff], removing mixer.
kernel: Unable to initialize codec #1
kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:01.6 disabled
kernel: Intel ICH Modem: probe of 0000:00:01.6 failed with error -5

I never use the modem so I blacklisted the snd-intel8x0m module in
modprobe.conf just to make the messages go away.

I'm currently running the fedora 2.6.23 kernel but it has been broken
for a long time.

Is this fixable?
or shall I just go on ignoring it ;) ?
cheers
Richard