Re: /dev/mixer missing on 5.2-CURRENT?

On Dec 17, Eric Anderson wrote:
> Doug White wrote:
> 
> >On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Steve Kargl wrote:
> >
> > 
> >
> >>troutmask:kargl[201] kldstat
> >>Id Refs Address    Size     Name
> >>3    2 0xc0716000 1ebc8    snd_pcm.ko  <-- PCM audio device infrastructure
> >>4    1 0xc0735000 b8d0     snd_ds1.ko  <-- Driver for Yamaha DS-1.
> >>
> >>You need to load a device specific driver.  Look in /boot/kernel/
> >>   
> >>
> >
> >You can also load "snd_drv" which is a megamodule with all the drivers in
> >it.
> >
> This definitely fixes it for me.. Well, I should say, fixes ME.. :)
> 
> However, the docs (handbook) says just to load pcm, so should I submit a 
> PR to change it to load snd_driver instead?

	Eric,
	I never thought of looking there for instructions about sound,
now I know why people are loading sound into their kernels.  Anyway,
the handbook is horribly out of date, please submit a PR
and I will use it as a basis for starting over.
	Thanks,
	--mat
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