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Date:      Wed, 17 Dec 2003 23:44:37 -0500
From:      Mathew Kanner <mat@cnd.mcgill.ca>
To:        Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com>
Cc:        Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
Subject:   Re: /dev/mixer missing on 5.2-CURRENT?
Message-ID:  <20031218044437.GE85297@cnd.mcgill.ca>
In-Reply-To: <3FE12FB2.1090605@centtech.com>
References:  <3FE09292.9010107@centtech.com> <20031217094910.A14934@carver.gumbysoft.com> <3FE09823.6080507@centtech.com> <20031217181039.GA37662@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20031217163852.I15803@carver.gumbysoft.com> <3FE12FB2.1090605@centtech.com>

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On Dec 17, Eric Anderson wrote:
> Doug White wrote:
> 
> >On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Steve Kargl wrote:
> >
> > 
> >
> >>troutmask:kargl[201] kldstat
> >>Id Refs Address    Size     Name
> >>3    2 0xc0716000 1ebc8    snd_pcm.ko  <-- PCM audio device infrastructure
> >>4    1 0xc0735000 b8d0     snd_ds1.ko  <-- Driver for Yamaha DS-1.
> >>
> >>You need to load a device specific driver.  Look in /boot/kernel/
> >>   
> >>
> >
> >You can also load "snd_drv" which is a megamodule with all the drivers in
> >it.
> >
> This definitely fixes it for me.. Well, I should say, fixes ME.. :)
> 
> However, the docs (handbook) says just to load pcm, so should I submit a 
> PR to change it to load snd_driver instead?

	Eric,
	I never thought of looking there for instructions about sound,
now I know why people are loading sound into their kernels.  Anyway,
the handbook is horribly out of date, please submit a PR
and I will use it as a basis for starting over.
	Thanks,
	--mat
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