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Date:      Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:08:18 -0800
From:      Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com>
To:        Alex Goncharov <alex-goncharov@comcast.net>
Cc:        matt <sendtomatt@gmail.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, hselasky@c2i.net
Subject:   Re: 8 to 9: Kernel modularization -- did it change?
Message-ID:  <CAOjFWZ6WM1bLEwaBiUE50Gj4MrwxefDWFb85ecRtYkSDuZ0erg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 8:04 AM, Alex Goncharov
<alex-goncharov@comcast.net> wrote:
> ,--- You/matt (Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:31:03 -0800) ----*
> | It's in the kernel in later versions of 9-CURRENT and in 9-RELEASE on.
> |
> | You can't kldload or unload it because it's not a module, but part of
> | the kernel.
> | That doesn't preclude the presence of the file, I think.
> |
> | 'kldstat -v | less' should show you what's "in there".
>
> Thanks, indeed:
>
> ----------------------------------------
> uname -sr; echo =3D=3D; kldstat | grep hda; echo =3D=3D; kldstat -v | gre=
p hda
> =3D>
> FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE
> =3D=3D
> 11 =C2=A0 =C2=A01 0xffffffff81039000 14580 =C2=A0 =C2=A0snd_hda.ko
> =3D=3D
> 11 =C2=A0 =C2=A01 0xffffffff81039000 14580 =C2=A0 =C2=A0snd_hda.ko (/boot=
/kernel/snd_hda.ko)
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0456 hdac/snd_hda_pcm
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0457 pci/snd_hda
> ----------------------------------------
>
> uname -sr; echo =3D=3D; kldstat | grep hda; echo =3D=3D; kldstat -v | gre=
p hda
> =3D>
> FreeBSD 9.0-STABLE
> =3D=3D
> =3D=3D
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0253 pci/snd_hda
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0252 hdac/snd_hda_pcm
> ----------------------------------------
>
> But am I not screwed up then? ->
>
> I need to adjust the sound card pin assignments so that the sound can
> be directed to the headphones when they are plugged in.
>
> With FreeBSD 8, on several machines, I had gone through somewhat
> painful but ultimately meaningful and manageable routine of building
> the device.hints file.
>
> Essentially (consider the following an non-ordered set):
>
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0kldunload snd_hda.ko
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0kenv | grep hdac
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0sysctl hw.snd.verbose
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0sysctl hw.snd.verbose=3D4
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0kldload snd_hda.ko
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0cat /dev/sndstat
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0dmesg | grep ^hdac0
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0kenv hint.hdac.0.cad0.nid15.config=3D"as=3D1 seq=3D15 device=
=3DHeadphones"
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0kldload snd_hda.ko
>
> I don't believe I can do it now that the snd_hda module cannot be
> reloaded in a modified kernel environment.
>
> So, how do I go about finding and modifying the sound card pin
> assignments in FreeBSD 9? =C2=A0(If I can't do it without temporarily
> installing FreeBSD 8, it would be a huge disappointment. :)

Stick the hint into /boot/loader.conf and reboot.

--=20
Freddie Cash
fjwcash@gmail.com



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