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Date:      Mon, 31 May 2004 17:41:06 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Conrad Sabatier <conrads@cox.net>
To:        Jan Stary <jsta6559@artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
Cc:        freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sound: modules or in-kernel?
Message-ID:  <XFMail.20040531174106.conrads@cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <20040531123241.GA30498@artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>

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On 31-May-2004 Jan Stary wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> is it any different whether I compile my
> device pcm, device sbc, and device sb16
> into the kernel, or load them as modules
> at bootup?
> 
> Especially, are there any latency issues
> I shloud watch for when using the modules?

I use modules, myself.  The main advantage over built-in is that you don't
have any unnecessary code for cards other than the one you're using.

Performance-wise, there's no difference at all that I can see.

-- 
Conrad Sabatier <conrads@cox.net> - "In Unix veritas"



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