snd_ich(4freebsd)

snd_ich4freebsd

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

9 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 6 times.

  1. 5.0
  2. 6.0
  3. 7
  4. 8
  5. 9
  6. 10
  7. 11–13

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 freebsd-manpages 12.2-2 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.