snd_vibes(4)

snd_vibes4

S3 sonicvibes bridge device driver

Usage

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

device sound device snd_vibes

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

snd_vibes_load="YES"

Overview

The snd_vibes bridge driver allows the generic audio driver, sound(4), to attach audio devices based on the S3 SonicVibes chipset.

Hardware

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

  • S3 SonicVibes

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_vibes device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 4.4.

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.