snd_emu10k1(4)

snd_emu10k14

Soundblaster live! and audigy 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_emu10k1

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

snd_emu10k1_load="YES"

Overview

The snd_emu10k1 bridge driver allows the generic audio driver sound(4) to attach to the SoundBlaster Live! and Audigy audio cards.

Digital output is supported by default.

Hardware

The snd_emu10k1 driver supports the following sound cards:

  • Creative SoundBlaster Live! (EMU10K1 Chipset)

  • Creative SoundBlaster Audigy (EMU10K2 Chipset)

  • Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 (EMU10K2 Chipset)

  • Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 (EMU10K3 Chipset)

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_emu10k1 device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 4.1.

Authors

David O'Brien ⟨[email protected]⟩ Orlando Bassotto ⟨[email protected]⟩ Cameron Grant ⟨[email protected]⟩

Bugs

Fancy features like DD5.1 output are not supported.

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