From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Jun 25 12:42:42 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx3.datanet.hu (mx3.datanet.hu [194.149.13.160]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B4B837B40A for ; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 12:42:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fonix.adamsfamily.xx (nilus-1557.adsl.datanet.hu [195.56.94.33]) by mx3.datanet.hu (DataNet) with ESMTP id 14BE31E9D74; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 21:42:27 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fonix.adamsfamily.xx (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fonix.adamsfamily.xx (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g5PJgUDe001524; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 21:42:30 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from sziszi@bsd.hu) Received: (from cc@localhost) by fonix.adamsfamily.xx (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) id g5PJgTkF001523; Tue, 25 Jun 2002 21:42:29 +0200 (CEST) X-Authentication-Warning: fonix.adamsfamily.xx: cc set sender to sziszi@bsd.hu using -f Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 21:42:29 +0200 From: Szilveszter Adam To: Ross Lippert Cc: pepper@rockefeller.edu, FreeBSD-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/39852: Handbook: treatment of KERNCONF is inconsistent. Message-ID: <20020625194229.GA1289@fonix.adamsfamily.xx> Mail-Followup-To: Szilveszter Adam , Ross Lippert , pepper@rockefeller.edu, FreeBSD-doc@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20020625183950.84012A885@guest.reppep.com> <200206251914.MAA18457@eskimo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200206251914.MAA18457@eskimo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 12:14:37PM -0700, Ross Lippert wrote: > > What? > > device pcm > > is in now part of GENERIC? It is not last I checked. > If not, then anyone who wants to get sound needs to build a custom kernel > at least once. Back in the 3.X pre-pcm days there were good reasons why > you had to. These days, there isn't. Indeed. But these days, thanks to the fact that almost all drivers are availbale as modules, you rarely need to go to the trouble of building the kernel at all. Sound is no exception. You just kldload the snd module and any bridge drivers optionally for your card and you are all set. You can do this from /boot/loader.conf, so sound support will be available right from the start. Quite some modules load themselves automagically when needed too, but I am not sure for sound. In those cases, you do nothing, and the module just gets loaded as soon as you eg fire up a sound app. Rebuilding the kernel is an option, not a necessity. Life is just great sometimes:-) -- Regards: Szilveszter ADAM Szombathely Hungary To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message