Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 10:33:25 -0500 From: Bob Johnson <bob@eng.ufl.edu> To: wash@iconnect.co.ke Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Building New Kernel Message-ID: <3A6469C5.1F6DF53B@eng.ufl.edu>
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> > Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 20:17:27 +0300 > From: Odhiambo Washington <wash@iconnect.co.ke> > Subject: Re: Building New Kernel > [...] > [Related Issue] ... I have this Creative Soundblaster (Audio PCI 128) > and I have a kernel compiled with "device pcm" and dmesg tells me this: > > alouette# dmesg | grep pcm > pcm0: <AudioPCI ES1371> port 0xec00-0xec3f irq 11 at device 12.0 on pci0 > > ....yes and I go into /dev and here are the results...hmmm > > alouette# sh MAKEDEV snd0 > alouette# ls -al snd0 > ls: snd0: No such file or directory > alouette# ls -al snd* > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 7 Jan 9 17:21 snd1 -> sndstat > crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 30, 6 Jan 15 20:10 sndstat > alouette# > > > What could the problem be with me then??? Or am I just imagining my own > things? > I'm not sure why you have an snd device at all. It isn't a real device, it is just a label for MAKEDEV. The devices created are things like audio, midi, dsp, mixer, music, etc. If you do a "cat /dev/sndstat" it will tell you if the pcm driver successfully loaded and what hardware it found, e.g.: $ cat /dev/sndstat FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm) Dec 11 2000 15:10:13 Installed devices: pcm0: <AudioPCI ES1371> at io 0xd000 irq 5 (1p/1r channels duplex) - Bob > TIA > > - -Wash > > - -- > Odhiambo Washington Inter-Connect Ltd., > wash@iconnect.co.ke 5th Flr Furaha Plaza > Tel: 254 11 222604 Nkrumah Rd., > Fax: 254 11 222636 PO Box 83613 MOMBASA, KE. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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