audio kernal upgrade?

I had SuSe 7.3 installed on my laptop. The laptop has a Yamaha OPL3-SAX in it with a YM715 chipset. 7.3 detected and did audio with no problems. I decided to upgrade to 8.1. Now I cannot get it to see or use my audio. Can I get the old module that had my sound working fine under 7.3 and get it running under 8.1 and if so.... how? The basic question is how do I get sound under 8.1 with that audio hardware (cause adding audio internally on a laptop is not going to happen. -- Dr. Roy F. Cabaniss Associate Professor of Marketing University of Arkansas Monticello http://cabanisspc.uamont.edu