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Date:      Sun, 30 Jul 2006 16:25:27 -0400
From:      Parv <parv@pair.com>
To:        Freddie Cash <fcash@ocis.net>
Cc:        f-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Sound device reported but no devices created
Message-ID:  <20060730202527.GB2555@holestein.holy.cow>
In-Reply-To: <62628.24.71.118.34.1154273616.squirrel@webmail.sd73.bc.ca>
References:  <20060730052645.GA1310@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <Pine.BSF.3.96.1060730173708.14452A-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au> <20060730112805.GB1310@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <62628.24.71.118.34.1154273616.squirrel@webmail.sd73.bc.ca>

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in message <62628.24.71.118.34.1154273616.squirrel@webmail.sd73.bc.ca>,
wrote Freddie Cash thusly...
>
> # kldload snd_driver
> # cat /dev/sndstat
> <read the text to see what driver(s) it loaded>
> # echo 'snd_<driver>_load="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf
> 
> snd_driver will load every single sound driver available in FreeBSD,
> all at once, and the kernel will attempt to detect every sound chipset
> supported by those drivers.

Neat.  Thanks much Freddie.

(No, i don't have any sound driver problems, but your method seems
much easier|lazier than to explicitly search for the sound hardware
& related FreeBSD bits.)


  - Parv

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