Handbook is unclear about the use of maxautovhans

[Nikolas Britton]

Excerpt from the handbook:
"To set the number of virtual channels, there are two sysctl knobs 
which, if you are the root user, can be set like this:

# sysctl hw.snd.pcm0.vchans=4
# sysctl hw.snd.maxautovchans=4

The above example allocates four virtual channels, which is a practical 
number for everyday use. hw.snd.pcm0.vchans is the number of virtual 
channels pcm0 has, and is configurable once a device has been attached. 
hw.snd.maxautovchans is the number of virtual channels a new audio 
device is given when it is attached using kldload(8) 
<http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=kldload&sektion=8>. Since the 
pcm module can be loaded independently of the hardware drivers, 
hw.snd.maxautovchans can store how many virtual channels any devices 
which are attached later will be given."
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So maxautovhans is only applicable if you loaded sound support as a 
kernel module and not compile it into the kernel?

<http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=kldload&sektion=8>