AUACER(4)

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version 11.0 Β· 2 versions
, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’… AUACER(4) πŸ’…

okay so this is the manual page for auacer, and yes bestie we're gonna get through it together β€” it's in the Kernel Interfaces Manual section and it's short and sweet, so honestly? slay. let's go πŸŽ€


✨ NAME ✨

auacer β€” the driver for the Acer Labs I/O Controller Hub's built-in AC'97 audio device. like, the sound chip that's already chilling inside your chipset, no extra card needed. iconic behavior honestly πŸ’–


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

here's how it shows up in your kernel config, bestie β€” copy it exactly, no cap:

auacer* at pci? dev ? function ?
audio* at audiobus?

the way that first line just attaches it to pci? with a dev ? function ? and then the audio side hooks up through audiobus?… it's giving very demure, very mindful πŸ¦‹


πŸ’œ DESCRIPTION πŸ’œ

so the auacer device driver supports the M5455 integrated AC'97 audio controller, which lives inside some Acer Labs I/O Controller Hub. that's the whole vibe β€” it's the audio bit of the chipset, and this driver is what makes it sing πŸ”₯


πŸ‘‘ SEE ALSO πŸ‘‘

go read these too, bestie, they're the friends of this page:


πŸ¦‹ HISTORY πŸ¦‹

the auacer device driver first appeared in NetBSD 3.0. a little vintage moment, honestly ✨


πŸ’€ BUGS πŸ’€

no input supported (yet). 😭

like β€” output works, input does not, and the "(yet)" is doing so much heavy lifting there. we're manifesting it, fr fr πŸ™ˆ


okay that's genuinely the whole page, bestie β€” you ate that reading comprehension moment πŸ’…βœ¨ this page came from the Debian crew, dated June 22, 2005, and it's AUACER(4) in the Kernel Interfaces Manual, so go forth and enjoy your AC'97 audio πŸŽ€πŸ«Ά

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