Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 09:17:57 -0500 From: Mathew Kanner <mat@cnd.mcgill.ca> To: Helge Oldach <helge.oldach@atosorigin.com> Cc: mat@cnd.mcgill.ca Subject: Re: Standard sbc and pcm support in GENERIC kernel? Message-ID: <20040305141757.GC35653@cnd.mcgill.ca> In-Reply-To: <200403051308.OAA11478@galaxy.hbg.de.ao-srv.com> References: <200403051938.54236.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <200403051308.OAA11478@galaxy.hbg.de.ao-srv.com>
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On Mar 05, Helge Oldach wrote: > Daniel O'Connor: > >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?t you? > > > >I don't think I've ever seen a motherboard/BIOS where you HAD to > >compile it in the kernel.. > > I have a number of Compaq DeskPro EN K450 here. Rather decent machines > for FreeBSD desktops, and for sure not uncommon hardware. But > unfortunately the stupid Compaq BIOS doesn't have a knob to turn off > PnP, so I have to rely on PNPBIOS to deal with what the Compaq BIOS had > detected. Helge, Are you required to compile sound in the kernel to get it to work? If so, then I will document the fact that in some unsual circumstances that including sound statcily in the kernel is needed, otherwise I intend to de-emphesize it. --Mat --Mat -- The beaver, which has come to represent Canada as the eagle does the United States and the lion Britain, is a flat-tailed, slow-witted, toothy rodent known to bite off it's own testicles or to stand under its own falling trees. - June Callwood
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