Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 11:28:08 +0000 From: Antony T Curtis <antony@abacus.co.uk> To: "Michael C . Wu" <keichii@peorth.iteration.net> Cc: Roman Shterenzon <roman@harmonic.co.il>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MFC? src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC and sound support Message-ID: <3A51BB48.1C2DD42E@abacus.co.uk> References: <200012282317.PAA04405@spammie.svbug.com> <Pine.LNX.4.10.10101011208290.21348-100000@shark.harmonic.co.il> <20010101133411.B51028@peorth.iteration.net>
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"Michael C . Wu" wrote: <snip> > "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. I have successfully compiled the sound support as a lkm.... so it doesn't have to be in the Kernel. Just make the kernel modules available by default then people can use it should they choose to. -- ANTONY T CURTIS Tel: +44 (1635) 36222 Abacus Polar Holdings Ltd Fax: +44 (1635) 38670 > I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth > and they never believe me. > -- Camillo Di Cavour To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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