alsa in kernal 2.6.21.2-686

I have run alsaconf  but I find rthat the update modules common is depreciated.

I looked at infomod soundcore


fond that  in /lib/modules/2.6.21-2.686/kernel/sound/sound.ko

but under the heading

vermagic 2.6.21-2.686 SMP mod_unload 686

what does this mean

I cannot get audio at the end of the day