boot time error(?) involving snd_hda

[Erich Dollansky]

Hi,

On Friday 23 March 2012 21:18:37 Robert Huff wrote:
> 
> 	On a system running:
> 
> FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT #0: Sun Mar 11 08:20:02 EDT 2012 amd64 
> 
> 	a message flashes by during boot about "Missing required module
> 'sound'."
> 	loader.conf has:
> 
> snd_hda_load="YES"

the kernel module sound.ko should be loaded automatically when snd_hda is loaded. Can you check if this module exists on your machine?
> 
> 
> 	Looking at "man snd+hda" I see this:
> 
> --------
>      To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following
>      lines in your kernel configuration file:
> 
> 		device sound
> 		device snd_hda
> 
>      Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time,
>      place the following line in loader.conf(5):
> 
> 	   snd_hda_load="YES"
> ---------
> 
> 	The formatting here makes these seem (for lack of a better
> term) mutually exclusive, and so the kernel config does not have
> "device sound".
> 	Have I misunderstood?
> 	Is the documentation flawed?
> 
> 	(In spite of the message, sound works fine.  I just want to get
> rid of the error message, and/or rectify the docuemntation.)

sound.ko is loaded whenever snd_hda is loaded on my 8.3 machine. Can you do a kldstat?

Erich