From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 23 14:18:39 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B6E2106564A for ; Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:18:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 555848FC0A for ; Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:18:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mr17.lnh.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.157.37]) by smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 23 Mar 2012 10:18:38 -0400 Received: from smtp04.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp04.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.104]) by mr17.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 4.3.4-GA) with ESMTP id BKE72200; Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:18:37 -0400 Received: from 209-6-86-84.c3-0.smr-ubr2.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com (HELO jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) ([209.6.86.84]) by smtp04.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 23 Mar 2012 10:18:37 -0400 From: Robert Huff MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <20332.34365.275761.349037@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:18:37 -0400 To: questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.5 (beta28) "fuki" XEmacs Lucid X-Junkmail-Whitelist: YES (by domain whitelist at mr17.lnh.mail.rcn.net) Cc: Subject: boot time error(?) involving snd_hda X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:18:39 -0000 On a system running: FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT #0: Sun Mar 11 08:20:02 EDT 2012 amd64 a message flashes by during boot about "Missing required module 'sound'." loader.conf has: snd_hda_load="YES" Looking at "man snd+hda" I see this: -------- To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file: device sound device snd_hda Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5): snd_hda_load="YES" --------- The formatting here makes these seem (for lack of a better term) mutually exclusive, and so the kernel config does not have "device sound". Have I misunderstood? Is the documentation flawed? (In spite of the message, sound works fine. I just want to get rid of the error message, and/or rectify the docuemntation.) Respectfully, Robert Huff