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

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>.