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:

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 <jgutie11@eafit.edu.co>.