[PlanetCCRMA] How to update the alsa driver step by step

[Nigel Henry]

I want to practice upgrading the alsa driver for my fedora 
2.6.22.9-91.fc7-i686 kernel. Currently the driver version is 1.0.14, and I 
want to upgrade it to the 1.0.15rc3 version.

The kernel running on Fedora 7 at the moment is 2.6.22.9-91.fc7-i686, and the 
kernel headers are installed for it. I also installed the kernel-devel 
package for this kernel, and the 1.0.15rc3 alsa driver is unpacked, ready, 
and waiting in my /home/user directory.

What do I do next ?

Appreciate any help, as I really need to learn how to do this stuff.

Nigel.