onyx(4)

onyx4

Apple onyx audio device

Usage

onyx* at macobio? audio* at onyx?

Overview

The onyx driver provides support for audio hardware using the PCM3052 chip found in some macppc machines.

Hardware

Machines supported by the onyx driver include:

  • PowerBook5,8

  • PowerBook5,9

  • PowerBook6,8

  • PowerMac11,2

History

The onyx driver first appeared in OpenBSD 3.9.

Authors

The onyx driver was written by Mark Kettenis ⟨[email protected]⟩ based on code written by Tsubai Masanari.

Bugs

The driver emits some nasty pop-noise when playback starts.

This manual page needs more precision and detail.

From man 8.0-current-20261101 in OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.