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:
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AMD 768
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AMD 8111
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Intel 443MX
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Intel ICH
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Intel ICH revision 1
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Intel ICH2
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Intel ICH3
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Intel ICH4
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Intel ICH5
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Intel ICH6
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Intel ICH7
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NVIDIA nForce
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NVIDIA nForce2
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NVIDIA nForce2 400
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NVIDIA nForce3
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NVIDIA nForce3 250
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NVIDIA nForce4
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SiS 7012
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
The snd_ich device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 4.2.
AUTHORS
This manual page was written by Jorge Mario G. Mazo <jgutie11 [AT] eafit.co>.
BSD January 6, 2009 BSD