Compiling in sound driver in kernel

Polytropon freebsd at edvax.de
Wed Jun 10 22:25:06 UTC 2009


On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:11:56 -0400, Carmel <Carmel_NY at hotmail.com> wrote:
> This is my first attempt to compile in a driver in a new kernel I am
> attempting to build.
> 
> Using loader.conf, I have the 'snd_hda' driver presently being loaded.
> I want to compile it directly into the kernel. I tried this:
> 
> device	snd_hda		# Sound driver
> 
> Unfortunately, the kernel will not build. What is the proper way to
> build a kernel with sound embedded into it?

I have this:

	# Sound
	device          sound
	device          snd_cmi

As far as I know, both "sound" and "snd_*" for your particular hardware
is needed in the kernel configuration file. I'm not sure if only "device
sound" is sufficient and / or will load snd_* required automatically.



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