[Xastir] soundmodem in linux without ax.25 kernel?

[Jason Winningham]

Is it possible for xastir to do sound card packet (with soundmodem or 
whatever) _without_ the ax.25 kernel?  It certainly should be possible 
to do in user space, provided the user has access to the device special 
file for the sound card.

I have successfully built kernels that don't boot, and all the ax.25 
howto docs I've found are a few years old.  I'm wondering if there are 
problems with newer kernels, problems with hyperthreaded machines, or 
something else. I'm inclined to give up, just because I don't have time 
to deal with it.

-Jason
kg4wsv