From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 3 09:39:34 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 9ACAC16A4CE for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2004 09:39:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from enterprise.sd73.bc.ca (romulus-net.sd73.bc.ca [142.24.13.134]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72F0243D2D for ; Wed, 3 Mar 2004 09:39:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca) Received: from mailtest.sd73.bc.ca (mailtest.sd73.bc.ca [10.10.10.14]) i23HUSrT008395; Wed, 3 Mar 2004 09:30:28 -0800 Received: from 192.168.0.185 (SquirrelMail authenticated user fcash) by mailtest.sd73.bc.ca with HTTP; Wed, 3 Mar 2004 09:39:26 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <49260.192.168.0.185.1078335566.squirrel@mailtest.sd73.bc.ca> In-Reply-To: <4046156C.90907@23x.net> References: <20040303160340.700C5170D4@www.wcborstel.nl><49180.192.168.0.185.1078334195.squirrel@mailtest.sd73.bc.ca> <4046156C.90907@23x.net> Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 09:39:26 -0800 (PST) From: "Freddie Cash" To: "Jared ''Danger'' Earle" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal X-RAVMilter-Version: 8.4.1(snapshot 20020919) (enterprise.sd73.bc.ca) 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 17:39:34 -0000 > 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?? > Because that's what the manual tells us to do ... > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/sound-device.html Next time, actually read the links you post. :) Quote: To use your sound device, you will need to load the proper device driver. This may be accomplished in one of two ways. The easiest way is to simply load a kernel module for your sound card with kldload(8). Alternatively, you may statically compile in support for your sound card in your kernel. The sections below provide the information you need to add support for your hardware in this manner. For more information about recompiling your kernel, please see Chapter 9. Note that the first method mentioned is to use kernel modules. :D -- Freddie Cash fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca