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Date:      Mon, 1 Jan 2001 22:03:10 -0800 (PST)
From:      Ben Jackson <ben@ben.com>
To:        Kal Torak <kaltorak@quake.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: MFC? src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC and sound support
Message-ID:  <200101020603.f0263A882147@saturn.home.ben.com>
In-Reply-To: <3A516D09.648AE420@quake.com.au> from Kal Torak at "Jan 2, 2001 04:54:17 pm"

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> Donn Miller wrote:
> While this is true, the GENERIC kernel is supposed to support as much
> hardware "out of the box" as possible, so a user can install and not
> have to worry about setting up devices...

So a user can *install* and not have to worry about setting up devices.
You don't need a soundcard to do an install.  Once you've done the
installation you can build a kernel which supports your soundcard.

If it's causing problems on installs maybe it should be disabled by
default, even if it is built into the kernel.

--Ben


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