snd_ich(4)

snd_ich4

Intel ich ac'97 and compatible bridge device driver

Usage

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

device sound device snd_ich

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

snd_ich_load="YES"

Overview

The snd_ich bridge driver allows the generic audio driver sound(4) to attach to Intel ICH AC'97 and compatible audio devices.

Some later chips, like ICH6/ICH7, depending on wiring can instead implement newer Intel HD Audio specification, which is supported by snd_hda(4) driver.

Hardware

The snd_ich driver supports the following audio devices:

  • AMD 768

  • AMD 8111

  • Intel 443MX

  • Intel ICH

  • Intel ICH revision 1

  • Intel ICH2

  • Intel ICH3

  • Intel ICH4

  • Intel ICH5

  • Intel ICH6

  • Intel ICH7

  • NVIDIA nForce

  • NVIDIA nForce2

  • NVIDIA nForce2 400

  • NVIDIA nForce3

  • NVIDIA nForce3 250

  • NVIDIA nForce4

  • SiS 7012

Releases

51 releases since FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE; the text changed 35 times.

  1. 5.4–5.5
  2. 6.0
  3. 6.1
  4. 6.2–6.3
  5. 6.4
  6. 7.0
  7. 7.1
  8. 7.2
  9. 7.3
  10. 7.4
  11. 8.0
  12. 8.1
  13. 8.2
  14. 8.3
  15. 8.4
  16. 9.0
  17. 9.1
  18. 9.2
  19. 9.3
  20. 10.0
  21. 10.1
  22. 10.2
  23. 10.3
  24. 10.4
  25. 11.0
  26. 11.1
  27. 11.2
  28. 11.3
  29. 11.4
  30. 12.0
  31. 12.1
  32. 12.2
  33. 12.3
  34. 12.4
  35. 13.0–13.2
  36. 13.3–16.0

History

The snd_ich device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 4.2.

Authors

This manual page was written by Jorge Mario G. Mazo ⟨[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.