Comment 3 for bug 8744

The code is quite explicit about support for the ICH4; if it is not working,
then that is most likely a bug (either in the driver or supporting software),
and not a problem with the incorrect driver being loaded.

I experimented with slmodem a bit to test out the modem on my system, and it
recognises the ALSA modem device and initialises itself, but doesn't work. When
snd-intel8x0m is loaded, I get the following message:

Oct 2 19:49:01 localhost kernel: MC'97 1 converters and GPIO not ready (0xff00)

and when I try to dial the modem through slmodemd, I get:

Oct 2 19:53:06 localhost kernel: codec_semaphore: semaphore is not ready
[0x1][0x700300]
Oct 2 19:53:06 localhost kernel: codec_write 1: semaphore is not ready for
register 0x54
Oct 2 19:53:09 localhost kernel: codec_semaphore: semaphore is not ready
[0x1][0x700300]
Oct 2 19:53:09 localhost kernel: codec_write 1: semaphore is not ready for
register 0x54

I think this indicates that the driver is not working properly.