with alsa ver. 0.5.10
 my linux's kernel is 2.2.17
 my sndcard is als4000(pci)
 this is what I was doing yesterday in my PC
 ----driver------
 [root@localhost /alsa-driver-0.5.10]# ./cofigure
          :
          :
 [root@localhost /alsa-driver-0.5.10]# make install
          :
          :
     warnning         <- I heard this is normal
   ==============
   [root@localhost /alsa-driver-0.5.10]# ./snddevices
  <-well done
  -----lib---------
 [root@localhost /alsa-lib-0.5.10]# ./cofigure
          :
          :
 [root@localhost /alsa-lib-0.5.10]# make install
          :
          :
    <- well done
 -----utils---------
 [root@localhost /alsa-utils-0.5.10]# ./cofigure
          :
          :
 [root@localhost /alsa-utils-0.5.10]# make install
          :
          :
  <- well done
 [root@localhost /alsa-driver/modules]#ls
    :
als4000.o <= it is exist!!!
    :
 [root@localhost /alsa-driver/modules]#modprobe snd-als4000
[root@localhost /alsa-driver/modules]#modprobe snd-pcm-oss
[root@localhost /alsa-driver/modules]#lsmod
  :
  XXXXXXXXXXX   (autoclean)
 snd-als4000   (unused)     <- <how can I make it "autoclean"
 snd-pcm-oss   (unused)     <-  or "used"?>
 YYYYYYYYY   (autoclean)
  :
 with xmms or midi-player, they expresses "no outputdevices" message.
 anyway, have a nice day!