How do I tell which driver I need for sound?

[David Benfell]

On Wed, Oct 08, 2014 at 05:07:51PM -0600, Warren Block wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Oct 2014, David Benfell wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Oct 08, 2014 at 03:39:57PM -0600, Warren Block wrote:
> >> On Wed, 8 Oct 2014, David Benfell wrote:
> >>
> >>> For some reason, sound has stopped working and I assume I should
> >>> reload the driver. But which one?
> >>
> >> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/sound-setup.html
> >
> > Been there. There is no obvious match between the hardware I have and
> > the kernel modules I have available.
> 
> The important part is
>    cat /dev/sndstat

As I previously posted (but didn't properly label):
Installed devices:
pcm0: <Intel Haswell (HDMI/DP 8ch)> (play)
pcm1: <Realtek ALC662 (Rear Analog)> (play/rec) default
> 
> But for most motherboards, adding
>    snd_hda_load="YES"

If I'm understanding the GENERIC configuration correctly, snd_hda is
built in, but this would be a harmless line to add, so I'm doing it.
> 
> to /boot/loader.conf is enough.

Thanks!
-- 
David Benfell <benfell at parts-unknown.org>
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