From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 3 09:39:32 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C02F316A4CE for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2004 09:39:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D2EA43D39 for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2004 09:39:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) i23HdD8I034738 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 3 Mar 2004 17:39:13 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i23HdDDe034737; Wed, 3 Mar 2004 17:39:13 GMT (envelope-from matthew) Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 17:39:13 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: "Jared ''Danger'' Earle" Message-ID: <20040303173913.GE34093@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <20040303160340.700C5170D4@www.wcborstel.nl> <49180.192.168.0.185.1078334195.squirrel@mailtest.sd73.bc.ca> <4046156C.90907@23x.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="pY3vCvL1qV+PayAL" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4046156C.90907@23x.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Standard sbc and pcm support in GENERIC kernel? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 17:39:32 -0000 --pY3vCvL1qV+PayAL Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 06:27:08PM +0100, Jared ''Danger'' Earle wrote: > Freddie Cash wrote: > >Something that has always stumped me about FreeBSD, especially about > >people moving from Linux to FreeBSD, is the belief that one *must* > >recompile the kernel for sound support. Why?? =20 >=20 > Because that's what the manual tells us to do ... >=20 > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/sound-device.ht= ml Right after it says "The easiest way is to simply load a kernel module for your sound card with kldload(8)." Which is just one sentence out of a whole page full of instructions about exactly how to recompile your kernel, but it is there. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --pY3vCvL1qV+PayAL Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFARhhBdtESqEQa7a0RAvDoAJ9Adg4RD7YmKu63U2QSRkb+wq5rkACdH7/i 0o28DRE7H1DXY9qqu8RKnB4= =Z5vW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --pY3vCvL1qV+PayAL--