snd_via8233(4)

snd_via82334

Via technologies vt8233 bridge device driver

Usage

device sound device snd_via8233

Overview

The snd_via8233 bridge driver allows the generic audio driver, sound(4), to attach to the VIA VT8233 audio devices. These audio chipsets are integrated in the southbridge on many VIA based motherboards.

Hardware

The snd_via8233 driver supports the following audio chipsets:

  • VIA VT8233

  • VIA VT8233A

  • VIA VT8233C

  • VIA VT8235

  • VIA VT8237

History

The snd_via8233 device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 4.7.

Bugs

The snd_via8233 driver does not support S/PDIF. There is partial support in the code, so implementing it should be fairly easy if the right hardware is available.

From freebsd-manpages 6.0-5 in Debian 4.0 (Etch). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.