Re: Sound support

From: Yuri <yuri_at_aetern.org>
Date: Sun, 14 May 2023 13:16:30 UTC
Steven Friedrich wrote:
> On 5/13/23 2:22 PM, Steven Friedrich wrote:
>> I have an HP Slimline with a Realtek ALC3601 audio device.  I don't
>> see any Realtek audio devices in FreeBSD 13.2-RELEASE Hardware Notes.
>> Am I out of luck?
>>
> There are no pcm devices in /dev, but sndstat says:
> 
> cat /dev/sndstat
> Installed devices:
> pcm0: <Realtek ALC671 (Rear Analog)> (play/rec) default
> pcm1: <Realtek ALC671 (Analog)> (play/rec)
> pcm2: <Intel Kaby Lake (HDMI/DP 8ch)> (play)
> No devices installed from userspace.
> 
> Does this mean no sound driver accepted these devices?

Devices are called /dev/dsp*, see sound(4) man page (at least the FILES
section).

$ ls /dev/pcm*
zsh: no matches found: /dev/pcm*
$ cat /boot/kernel/kernel > /dev/dsp
(alien sounds)