snd_cmi(4)

snd_cmi4

Cmedia cmi8338/cmi8738 pci bridge device driver

Usage

To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:

device sound device snd_cmi

Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

snd_cmi_load="YES"

Overview

The snd_cmi bridge driver allows the generic audio driver sound(4) to attach to the CMedia CMI8338/CMI8738 audio cards.

Hardware

The snd_cmi driver supports the following sound cards:

  • CMedia CMI8338A

  • CMedia CMI8338B

  • CMedia CMI8738

  • CMedia CMI8738B

Releases

52 releases since FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE; the text changed 36 times.

  1. 5.3
  2. 5.4
  3. 5.5
  4. 6.0
  5. 6.1–6.3
  6. 6.4
  7. 7.0
  8. 7.1
  9. 7.2
  10. 7.3
  11. 7.4
  12. 8.0
  13. 8.1
  14. 8.2
  15. 8.3
  16. 8.4
  17. 9.0
  18. 9.1
  19. 9.2
  20. 9.3
  21. 10.0
  22. 10.1
  23. 10.2
  24. 10.3
  25. 10.4
  26. 11.0
  27. 11.1
  28. 11.2
  29. 11.3
  30. 11.4
  31. 12.0
  32. 12.1
  33. 12.2
  34. 12.3
  35. 12.4
  36. 13.0–13.2
  37. 13.3–16.0

History

The snd_cmi device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 4.3.

Authors

Orion Hodson ⟨[email protected]⟩

From base 16.0-CURRENT-20261027-61c70dc16a79 in FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (2026-10-27). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.