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Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 12:27:21 +1100
From: Gautam Gopalakrishnan <ggop@madras.dyndns.org>
To: "Mazen S. Alzogbi" <freebsd@mazenalzogbi.com>
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On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 09:23:26PM -0400, Mazen S. Alzogbi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for everyone who helped (and is helping me) to find my
> way in the great world of FreeBSD.
> 
> I learned how to recompile the
> kernel and I did compile it with "device pcm" and "device pcm0 at ...."
> but it didn't work. I tried and tried and tried and spent almost 3 hours
> with no luck. Finally, I found that my sound card is SiS 7012 and I
> THINK it's a builtin one in the Motherboard.

I don't think you need to recompile. Just load the snd_ich.ko module.
Then check if /dev/dsp and /dev/mixer are created for you. If so,
you're done.

# kldload snd_ich

Gautam