/dev/dsp /dev/audio missing

[Hans Petter Selasky]

On Tuesday 15 December 2009 13:54:47 richard bader wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've a working soundcard on a machine running FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p9.
>
> The same soundcard on an other machine running 8.0-STABLE FreeBSD
> 8.0-STABLE #3 doesn't word.
> There in no device /dev/dsp. /dev/mixer exists.
>
> Any hints?
>
> richard
>
>
>
> The details are:
>
> Working
> ==========
>
> main# cat /dev/sndstat
> FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm)
> Installed devices:
> pcm0: <CMedia CMI8738> at io 0xd000 irq 19 kld snd_cmi (1p/1r/0v
> channels duplex default)
>
> main# uname -a
> FreeBSD main.bader.loc 6.2-RELEASE-p9 FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p9 #1: Thu Dec
> 20 18:13:11 CET 2007
> root at main.bader.loc:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MYKERNEL  i386
>
> main# cat /dev/sndstat
> FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm)
> Installed devices:
> pcm0: <CMedia CMI8738> at io 0xd000 irq 19 kld snd_cmi (1p/1r/0v
> channels duplex default)
>
> main# ls -l /dev/dsp*
> crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel    0,  50 Dec 15 11:47 /dev/dsp0.0
> crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel    0,  53 Dec 15 11:47 /dev/dsp0.1
> crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel    0,  51 Dec 15 11:47 /dev/dspW0.0
> crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel    0,  54 Dec 15 11:47 /dev/dspW0.1
> crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel    0,  56 Dec 15 11:47 /dev/dspr0.1
>
>
> Not working
> ==========
>
> test1# cat /dev/sndstat
> FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm: 64bit 2009061500/amd64)
> Installed devices:
> pcm0: <CMedia CMI8738> at io 0xd000 irq 19 kld snd_cmi [MPSAFE]
> (1p:1v/1r:1v channels duplex default)
>
> test1# uname -a
> FreeBSD test1.bader.loc 8.0-STABLE FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE #3: Tue Dec 15
> 10:57:03 CET 2009     root at test.bader.loc:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
> amd64
>
> test1# cat /dev/sndstat
> FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm: 64bit 2009061500/amd64)
> Installed devices:
> pcm0: <CMedia CMI8738> at io 0xd000 irq 19 kld snd_cmi [MPSAFE]
> (1p:1v/1r:1v channels duplex default)
>
> test1# ls -l /dev/dsp*
> ls: No match.
>

I think these devices are created by demand in FreeBSD 8 and 9.

--HPS