snapper(4)

snapper4

Apple snapper audio device

Usage

snapper* at macobio? audio* at snapper?

Overview

The snapper driver provides support for audio hardware using the TAS3004 chip found in some macppc machines.

Hardware

Machines supported by the snapper driver include:

  • PowerBook3,4

  • PowerBook3,5

  • PowerBook4,3

  • PowerBook5,1

  • PowerBook5,2

  • PowerBook5,3

  • PowerBook5,4

  • PowerBook5,5

  • PowerBook5,6

  • PowerBook6,1

  • PowerBook6,2

  • PowerBook6,3

  • PowerBook6,4

  • PowerBook6,5

  • PowerBook6,7

  • PowerMac3,6

  • PowerMac4,4

History

The snapper driver first appeared in NetBSD and was imported in OpenBSD 3.5.

Authors

The snapper driver was written by Tsubai Masanari and ported to OpenBSD by Dale Rahn.

Bugs

This driver needs more testing.

This manual page needs more precision and detail.

From man 8.0-current-20261101 in OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.