snd_via82c686(4)

snd_via82c6864

Via technologies 82c686a bridge device driver

Usage

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

device sound device snd_via82c686

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

snd_via82c686_load="YES"

Overview

The snd_via82c686 bridge driver allows the generic audio driver, sound(4), to attach audio devices based on the VIA 82C686A chipset.

Hardware

The snd_via82c686 driver supports audio devices based on the following chipset:

  • VIA 82C686A

Releases

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

  1. 5.4
  2. 5.5
  3. 6.0
  4. 6.1–6.3
  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_via82c686 device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 4.2.

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.