From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Jan 1 21: 4:20 2001 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 1 21:04:18 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from scully.zoominternet.net (scully.zoominternet.net [63.67.120.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0C36E37B402 for ; Mon, 1 Jan 2001 21:04:18 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 30123 invoked from network); 2 Jan 2001 05:02:54 -0000 Received: from acs-24-154-25-123.zoominternet.net (HELO cvzoom.net) (24.154.25.123) by scully.zoominternet.net with SMTP; 2 Jan 2001 05:02:54 -0000 Sender: dmmiller@FreeBSD.ORG Message-ID: <3A516151.541764AB@cvzoom.net> Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 00:04:17 -0500 From: Donn Miller X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Michael C . Wu" Cc: Roman Shterenzon , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MFC? src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC and sound support References: <200012282317.PAA04405@spammie.svbug.com> <20010101133411.B51028@peorth.iteration.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Michael C . Wu" wrote: > "Fully functional" for a desktop implies a working sound card too. > This is one of of those things that does not really matter very much. > A good server admin will recompile and customize his kernel. > And a desktop user probably does not know how to compile a kernel. > Are you telling me that, in your consultancy, you just keep GENERIC? > > There is no need for this bikeshed. Whether pcm is included in GEERIC > or not does not really hurt anybody either way. FreeBSD is most often used as a server, not a desktop. Why exactly is sound needed for a first install? If nothing else, PCM could be loaded via a kernel module. Optional stuff usually should not be statically linked into the kernel, but should be placed in KLD's. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message