Re: soundcore module

[Rick Macdonald <rickmacd@home.com>]

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...