Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 13:56:08 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: "David W. Chapman Jr." <dwcjr@inethouston.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OOPS.. (Re: MFC? src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC and sound support) Message-ID: <200101152156.f0FLu9s00932@mass.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 15 Jan 2001 15:18:29 CST." <035101c07f38$b4a6cba0$931576d8@inethouston.net>
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> Is it even necessary to have pcm in GENERIC since its a kld in -current too?
No; putting sound support in GENERIC is entirely unnecessary where the KLD
is available. If you want sound, load the KLD either through /boot/
loader.conf, or add a "sound_enable" knob to /etc/rc.conf.
> > Well, sound is *already* in GENERIC in -current and has been for
> > awhile with no complaints at all from the snapshot users, so the sky
> > hasn't fallen yet. There are also certainly a lot of drivers
> > currently in GENERIC which would cause me far more concern if I was
> > worried about things breaking during the probe. That's not to say
> > that we shouldn't do such a "potential impact audit" for GENERIC at
> > some point, but I wouldn't start first with the pcm driver if we were
> > to do so.
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