Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:42:56 +0700 From: Erich Dollansky <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot time error(?) involving snd_hda Message-ID: <201203232242.57144.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: <20332.34365.275761.349037@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <20332.34365.275761.349037@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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Hi, On Friday 23 March 2012 21:18:37 Robert Huff wrote: > > 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" the kernel module sound.ko should be loaded automatically when snd_hda is loaded. Can you check if this module exists on your machine? > > > 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.) sound.ko is loaded whenever snd_hda is loaded on my 8.3 machine. Can you do a kldstat? Erich
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