"Michael C . Wu" wrote:
> "Fully functional" for a desktop implies a working sound card too.
> This is one of of those things that does not really matter very much.
> A good server admin will recompile and customize his kernel.
> And a desktop user probably does not know how to compile a kernel.
> Are you telling me that, in your consultancy, you just keep GENERIC?
>
> There is no need for this bikeshed. Whether pcm is included in GEERIC
> or not does not really hurt anybody either way.
FreeBSD is most often used as a server, not a desktop. Why exactly is
sound needed for a first install? If nothing else, PCM could be loaded
via a kernel module. Optional stuff usually should not be statically
linked into the kernel, but should be placed in KLD's.
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