Sound device reported but no devices created

[Parv]

in message <62628.24.71.118.34.1154273616.squirrel at webmail.sd73.bc.ca>,
wrote Freddie Cash thusly...
>
> # kldload snd_driver
> # cat /dev/sndstat
> <read the text to see what driver(s) it loaded>
> # echo 'snd_<driver>_load="YES"' >> /boot/loader.conf
> 
> snd_driver will load every single sound driver available in FreeBSD,
> all at once, and the kernel will attempt to detect every sound chipset
> supported by those drivers.

Neat.  Thanks much Freddie.

(No, i don't have any sound driver problems, but your method seems
much easier|lazier than to explicitly search for the sound hardware
& related FreeBSD bits.)


  - Parv

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