.\" Copyright 2000 Thomas Sailer (sailer@ife.ee.ethz.ch)
.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License
.\"
.\" "
.TH SOUNDMODEM 8 "1 August 2000" "SOUNDMODEM 0.2" "Linux AX.25 Utilities Manual"
.SH NAME
soundmodem \- Soundcard modem driver
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B soundmodem
.B "[ configfile ]"
.B "[ \-sSRM ]"
.B "[\-v verbosity level]"
.B "[\-c configuration name]"


.SH DESCRIPTION
.B soundmodem
is a user mode driver for packet radio using a standard soundcard
supported by OSS/Free. It integrates tightly with the kernel MKISS
driver (enable CONFIG_MKISS).
.B soundmodem
is controlled by a configuration file. The default filename is
/etc/ax25/soundmodem.conf. Any other name may be specified on the command line.



.SH OPTIONS
.B soundmodem
accepts the following options:

.TP
.B \-h
.B \--help
Display an overview of the available command line parameters and exit.
.TP
.B \-v level
Set the verbosity level. 0 only displays fatal errors.
.TP
.B \-c configname
Use the named configuration. If absent the first is taken.
.TP
.B \-s
Log messages to syslog instead of standard out.
.TP
.B \-S
Disable the use of SIMD instructions (aka MMX, VIS, etc).
.TP
.B \-R
Run with realtime scheduling (SCHED_RR). Use with caution.
.TP
.B \-M
Lock memory down in RAM; disables swapping soundmodem out.


.SH "SEE ALSO"
.nf
.BR ifconfig "\ (8), " soundmodemconfig "\ (8)"
.fi

.SH AUTHOR
soundmodem was written by Thomas Sailer, HB9JNX/AE4WA (sailer@ife.ee.ethz.ch).