Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 12:09:30 +0200 (IST) From: Roman Shterenzon <roman@harmonic.co.il> To: opentrax@email.com Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MFC? src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC and sound support Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10101011208290.21348-100000@shark.harmonic.co.il> In-Reply-To: <200012282317.PAA04405@spammie.svbug.com>
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On Thu, 28 Dec 2000 opentrax@email.com wrote: > > On 28 Dec, Gerald Pfeifer wrote: > > Having been hit by this today, how about MFCing the following change? > > > > revision 1.289 > > date: 2000/11/14 01:11:13; author: jkh; state: Exp; lines: +4 -1 > > In the year 2000, I think it's perfectly reasonable to include audio > > support by default in GENERIC. > > > I can't answer for JKH or others but audio has had a history > of problems, especially durning the boot-up probe stage. > Problems such that it might lock up the machine under > certain conditions. Perhaps this is the reason sound may > never make it into GENERIC. Yes, I really hope that it doesn't make it into the GENERIC. GENERIC kernel should provide fully functional and stable machine without bells and whistles. Sound is a luxury. --Roman Shterenzon, UNIX System Administrator and Consultant [ Xpert UNIX Systems Ltd., Herzlia, Israel. Tel: +972-9-9522361 ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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