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Date:      Wed, 13 Sep 2000 09:46:44 +0100
From:      Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org>
To:        Gene Harris <zeus@tetronsoftware.com>
Cc:        Raymond Law <rlaw@vt.edu>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: /boot/kernel.conf
Message-ID:  <20000913094644.A257@parish>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009122044150.5410-100000@ns1.tetronsoftware.com>; from zeus@tetronsoftware.com on Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 08:51:36PM -0500
References:  <4.3.0.20000912211319.00b1d5e0@mail.vt.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009122044150.5410-100000@ns1.tetronsoftware.com>

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On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 08:51:36PM -0500, Gene Harris wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Raymond Law wrote:
> 
> >  What does /boot/kernel.conf do?  Can you give me some examples of using 
> >  it?  I am having trouble configuring my sound card and I saw somewhere that 
> >  I need to enable pnp in this file.  config keeps giving me the warning: 
> >  device pnp is unknown.
> >  
> >  
> >  
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> 
> kernel.conf allows you to set some user configurable parameters at
> boot time. You specify whether kernel.conf is loaded in
> /etc/defaults/loader.conf.
> 

ITYM /boot/loader.conf


> However, I doubt this is your problem.  You may want to check your kernel
> config file for a typo.  You need to make sure that you have enabled
> controller pnp0 in your config file.  Based on your config error, it sounds 
> like you have specified a line such as "device pnp", which is not a
> recognized device (at least in 3.5.x)  You will also need to make sure you
> have specified the correct parameters for your sound card and then recompile.
> 
> Gene
> 
> 
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