From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 4 12:52:09 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86EF716A4CE; Thu, 4 Mar 2004 12:52:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from geekpunk.net (unknown [160.129.138.52]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BD3F43D3F; Thu, 4 Mar 2004 12:52:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bandix@geekpunk.net) Received: from localhost.my.domain (taran [127.0.0.1]) by geekpunk.net (8.12.8p1/8.12.6) with ESMTP id i24KqBFR050364; Thu, 4 Mar 2004 14:52:11 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from bandix@geekpunk.net) Received: (from bandix@localhost) by localhost.my.domain (8.12.8p1/8.12.8/Submit) id i24KqAPl050363; Thu, 4 Mar 2004 14:52:10 -0600 (CST) Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 14:52:10 -0600 From: "Brandon D. Valentine" To: Jorn Argelo Message-ID: <20040304205210.GJ490@geekpunk.net> References: <20040303160340.700C5170D4@www.wcborstel.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040303160340.700C5170D4@www.wcborstel.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: stable@freebsd.org cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Standard sbc and pcm support in GENERIC kernel? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 20:52:09 -0000 On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 05:03:40PM +0100, Jorn Argelo wrote: > > I've been on the question list for some time, and I have noticed that > many people do not know how to get sound support up and running in > FreeBSD 5.X. I know that re-compiling the kernel is easy enough, but > there are still people not willing to do so, as I have noticed on the > list. Therefor I thought it might be an idea to put sound support in the > GENERIC kernel configuration, so that newbies will no longer find > themselves stuck with that. If they'd read pcm(4) they'd know how to get sound support up and running without recompiling their kernel. Is there something wrong with requiring that a new user bother to read the documentation? [ I do not speak for the FreeBSD project. ] Brandon D. Valentine -- brandon@dvalentine.com http://www.geekpunk.net Pseudo-Random Googlism: march is great success