Sound on amd64

[Malcolm Kay]

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 04:55 pm, Axel Gonzalez wrote:
> I think 5.3-amd64 doesn't support loadable sound modules (correct me if I'm
> wrong), you need to compile sound in your kernel
>
> Add this lines to your kernel file, and recompile:
>
> device          sound
> device          "snd_via8233"
>

This seems to work -- thanks.

As yet I've not actually put any sound through but the sound HW 
connects up as reported by dmesg:
pcm0: <VIA VT8237> port 0xbc00-0xbcff irq 22 at device 17.5 on pci0
pcm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
pcm0: <Avance Logic ALC658 AC97 Codec>

And pciconf -lv:
pcm0 at pci0:17:5: class=0x040100 card=0xa0021458 chip=0x30591106 rev=0x60 hdr=0x00
    vendor   = 'VIA Technologies Inc'
    device   = 'VT8233/33A/8235/8237 AC97 Enhanced Audio Controller'
    class    = multimedia
    subclass = audio

And i find /dev/dsp* now exist.

Help is much appreciated;
I did eventually find
  device sound
in the man pages; but where does
  device "snd_via8233"
come from?

Malcolm