On Sun, 5 Nov 2000, Marcelo Ramos wrote: > >From /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/Introduction : > > ################### > To support all the various sound modules, there are three general > support modules that must be loaded first: > > soundcore.o: Top level handler for the sound system, provides > a set of functions for registration of devices > by type. > > soundlow.o: Low-level sound drivers which are not part of > OSS/Lite (Open Sound System), including SB32/AWE > synthesizer, etc. > > sound.o: Common sound functions required by all modules > ################### > > > and cannot find any of the below modules in 'make xconfig'. > > The sound modules are not part of the kernel configuration options, they are > compiled > if you select support for sound cards. If you compiled the kernel with > the sound support for your sound card you have to run
I'm confused about the interaction of kernel sound support and ALSA drivers. If I want to switch to ALSA drivers, do I build the kernel with sound and soundcore, or just soundcore? I assume that I turn off the kernel support for my soundcard? ...RickM...
