Re: FreeBSD 6.0 and Sony Ericsson GC83

On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 16:44:52 -0600
Jeff Cross <[email protected]> wrote:
> First I will start with: I now have sound working on my laptop
> within  FreeBSD thanks to Ariff Abdullah's assistance.
> 
> Since I am no FreeBSD guru, I didn't know how to "patch" my kernel 
> sources. I did have them extracted so I backed up all of my sound 
> related kernel objects and the original ich.c file, downloaded and 
> copied the one in the above post to the /usr/src/sys/dev/sound/pci/ 
> directory, and ran the commands you, Ariff, provided and
> restarted...   It worked like a champ!!!
> 
> So, now my question is this: Since you recommended I patch my kernel
> to  STABLE, is it necessary now since I have audio working? I have
> been  using freebsd-update to get the latest security patches and
> such.  I  would like to know how to track the stable branch but I
> think I'll have  to post to the freebsd-stable list for that.  I
> know how off-topic posts  are frowned upon on other lists and I am
> sure the FreeBSD community is  no different.
> 
> Thanks again, Ariff, for your assistance!  I truly appreciate it!
> 
As long as it works, I don't recommend to patch anything :) . If you
insist, start with Chapter 20: The Cutting Edge - FreeBSD Handbook
http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ .

Have fun.


--
Ariff Abdullah
FreeBSD

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