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In-Reply-To: <20040304195152.GA35653@cnd.mcgill.ca> from Mathew Kanner at "Mar
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Subject: Re: Standard sbc and pcm support in GENERIC kernel?
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Mathew Kanner:
>	I would like to note that kldload'ing the sound modules works
>very well and I would prefer that to be standard operating procedure
>for sound.

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?

Helge