[ Polytropon wrote on Mon 27.Aug'12 at 4:10:57 +0200 ] > On Mon, 27 Aug 2012 02:01:34 +0000, James Powell wrote: > > > > Are any plans being made to start support for these audio cards? > > Currently I'm using one in a system I would like to use with > > FreeBSD but it has no support through the kernel and driver > > support from OSSv4 lands me with a system that either freezes > > or won't boot properly. > > Interesting. I've been using a CMI-based sound card with > FreeBSD 4, 5 and 7 already. See "man snd_cmi": > > HARDWARE > The snd_cmi driver supports the following sound cards: > > · CMedia CMI8338A > · CMedia CMI8338B > · CMedia CMI8738 > · CMedia CMI8738B > > It lists older CMI8788 as supported devices. Doesn't it > provide sufficient compatibility?
Have you tried loading the generic driver to see if your audio card is picked
up:
# kldload snd_driver
then try
# cat /dev/sndstat
which will show more info about it? That's what's recommended in the handbook.
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