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  From: Adam Smith <adam.smith@sageautomation.com>
  To  : <Jarrod.Sayers@unisa.edu.au>
  Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 09:31:43 +1030

RE: ?

> FreeBSD 5.0 uses devfs mounted at /dev which has a direct link to the
> kernel so new devices should just show up in there once detected.
> 
> > How can I add support for my additional card, assuming it 
> will even work under BSD?  (I haven't worked that one out yet :P)
> 
> Check http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.0R/hardware-i386.html#AEN1952
> 
> Its not listed there.  

No, unfortunately.

> You say `additional', you have two 
> sound cards in this box?

Yes, I have my motherboard onboard sound drivers aswell, which are
detected, but the sound output is like a hippo singing opera.

I did some research last night after Daniel O'Connor's comment:

> devfs is the default and MAKEDEV is not useful in that case. All
device
> nodes should "Just Appear"

as this is exactly what I thought devfs should be doing, so I suppose it
is a compatibility issue.  Can I use the OSS drivers
(www.opensound.com)?  I began looking into this last night until it told
me I needed to unload my current sound drivers before continuing, but I
wasn't sure whether that meant I needed to remove them from the kernel,
recompile & reboot.  But if they're in the kernel file, I can't do a
kldunload, can I.  The OSS instructions told me that is what I needed to
do (so I got a little unsure.)


Adam


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