snd_neomagic(4)

snd_neomagic4

Neomagic 256av/zx bridge device driver

Usage

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

device sound device snd_neomagic

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

snd_neomagic_load="YES"

Overview

The snd_neomagic bridge driver allows the generic audio driver, sound(4), to attach to the NeoMagic 256AV/ZX audio devices. These chips are mostly found in laptop computers.

Hardware

The snd_neomagic driver supports the following audio devices:

  • NeoMagic 256AV

  • NeoMagic 256ZX

Releases

51 releases since FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE; the text changed 34 times.

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

History

The snd_neomagic device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 4.0.

Authors

This manual page was written by Joel Dahl ⟨[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.