Realteck ALC650

[Joshua Lewis]

I am sorry I did not state my version. I was running 4.9 up until this
past weekend. I am now running 4.10 after doing a complete reinstall.

I have only used the GENERIC Kernel on my system so far. I want to fine
tune the system and will be creating a custom kernel soon. I do not have a
problem compiling it into the kernel if it is a better option. If it
really does not matter whether I load it as a KLM or compile it in then I
will use the KLM so I can unload it if I ever need to.



Thank you,
Joshua Lewis



David Raistrick
> On Tue, 1 Jun 2004, Joshua Lewis wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> I am looking to setup my built in Sound card on my Abit AT7-MAX
>> motherboard. The board supports six channels via a Realteck AL650.
>> However, I do not know what driver to use. The sound card was not listed
>> in the hardware notes located on the home page of FreeBSD.org. My gut
>> tells me this is not a complete list. If someone knows, what driver to
>> use
>> that would be grand?
>
> First, what version of FreeBSD are you using?
>
> Newer versions allow you to kldload the drivers, without rebooting and
> without building a new kernel...older versions require you to build a new
> kernel and reboot.
>
> If I recall, all 4.x versions will require a kernel recompile, 5.x doesnt.
>
>
> If supported, simply execute as root:
>
> kldload snd_driver
>
> And this will load /all/ supported drivers for all cards.  It's likely
> that one of these will work. :)
>
> You can add the following to /boot/loader.conf to do this at boot time:
>
> snd_driver_load=YES
>
>
> Or, follow the directions in man pcm:
>
>      For a card with bridge driver support, and a PnP card:
>      device pcm
>
> So, add
> device pcm
>
> to your kernel config file.  After building and booting the new kernel
> (see the Handbook for how to do this):
>   cd /dev; sh MAKEDEV snd0
> to create the devices.
>
>
>
>
>
> ...david
>
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