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Date:      Sat, 6 Jun 2026 15:18:33 -0700
From:      Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com>
To:        freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: armv7: "sysrc: unknown variable 'virtual_oss_default_control_device'" and "virtual_oss_cmd: Could not open '/dev/'" each twice? [after world upgrade: /dev/vdsp.ctl]
Message-ID:  <336ed95e-1ad2-4e2c-be60-f7e2687da3bd@yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <29d99a25-c3ed-45b7-880a-bdb6d3191b21@yahoo.com>

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On 6/6/26 14:17, Mark Millard wrote:
> After official-pkgbase upgrading the boot armv7 main kernel, the boot
> now reports:
> 
> Starting devd.
> sysrc: unknown variable 'virtual_oss_default_control_device'
> virtual_oss_cmd: Could not open '/dev/'
> sysrc: unknown variable 'virtual_oss_default_control_device'
> virtual_oss_cmd: Could not open '/dev/'
> 
> I do not remember those from previously but I may well have not noticed.
> 
> I've never set up anything associated with virtual_oss that I remember.
> 
> I've not updated the boot world yet.
> 
> For reference:
> 
> # uname -apKU
> FreeBSD OPiP2E-RPi2v1p1 16.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT
> main-n286433-d53633bfcf24 GENERIC-NODEBUG arm armv7 1600018 1600018
> 
> # sysctl hw.fdt
> hw.fdt.serial-number: REDACTED
> hw.fdt.freebsd-version: 6.12
> hw.fdt.compatible: xunlong,orangepi-plus2e allwinner,sun8i-h3
> hw.fdt.model: Xunlong Orange Pi Plus 2E
> 
> 

After the boot-world official pkgbase upgrade and reboot:

Starting devd.
virtual_oss_cmd: Could not open control device: /dev/vdsp.ctl: No such
file or directory
virtual_oss_cmd: Could not open control device: /dev/vdsp.ctl: No such
file or directory

-- 
===
Mark Millard
marklmi at yahoo.com


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