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You have to make sure that the correct version of the firmware is installed for the driver module you are trying to load into the kernel. Did the packages you installed from Alien's repository also install the firmware, too? And, if so, did it put it in the correct spot (/lib/firmware, I believe)?
By default, the kernel in Slackware supports SMP. With as common as
multicore CPUs and SMP boards have become, this seemed like the
obvious choice. The kernels are probably better for single CPU
machines, too, if they will run them.
If you have to use one of the non SMP kernels (huge.s or generic.s),
then you will need to reconfigure your kernel sources to build any
additional kernel modules. In order to compile outside kernel
modules and such, you will need to build your kernel once with a
non-SMP .config. The process is much the same:
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