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On Fri, 5 Mar 2004 19:06, Helge Oldach wrote:
> The issue with kldloading is that you still need PNPBIOS for many
> on-board sound devices. Which means that you need to compile your own
> kernel anyway, or don=B4t you?

I don't think I've ever seen a motherboard/BIOS where you HAD to compile it=
 in=20
the kernel..
I don't see why kldload'ing is different to static compilation WRT calling =
the=20
BIOS..

(Then again I don't have any ISA hardware anymore :)

=2D-=20
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