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snd_ich(4freebsd)

Intel ICH AC'97 and compatible bridge device driver

NAME

snd_ich – Intel ICH AC'97 and compatible bridge device driver

SYNOPSIS

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

device sound device snd_ich

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

snd_ich_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION

The snd_ich bridge driver allows the generic audio driver sound(4) to attach to Intel ICH AC'97 and compatible audio devices.

Some later chips, like ICH6/ICH7, depending on wiring can instead implement newer Intel HD Audio specification, which is supported by snd_hda(4) driver.

HARDWARE

The snd_ich driver supports the following audio devices:

  • AMD 768

  • AMD 8111

  • Intel 443MX

  • Intel ICH

  • Intel ICH revision 1

  • Intel ICH2

  • Intel ICH3

  • Intel ICH4

  • Intel ICH5

  • Intel ICH6

  • Intel ICH7

  • NVIDIA nForce

  • NVIDIA nForce2

  • NVIDIA nForce2 400

  • NVIDIA nForce3

  • NVIDIA nForce3 250

  • NVIDIA nForce4

  • SiS 7012

SEE ALSO

snd_hda(4), sound(4)

HISTORY

The snd_ich device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 4.2.

AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Jorge Mario G. Mazo ⟨[email protected]⟩.

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