NEO(4)

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version 11.0 · 2 versions
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NEO(4) 🎀

okay so this is the Kernel Interfaces Manual page for neo, and we're about to make it make sense, bestie. 🎧✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

neo — the NeoMagic MagicMedia 256 audio device driver. That's the whole name section, and it ate. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

no cap, that's the config vibe. 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so the neo driver provides support for the NeoMagic MagicMedia 256AV and 256ZX AC'97 audio devices, found on many laptops. Laptop audio main character energy, fr fr. 🔥

Now the plot twist, and this part is important: the MagicMedia 256AV also comes in a variant (usually found on Dell and HP laptops) that works in Windows Sound System emulation mode, not in AC'97 mode. That variant of the chip must be used with the wss(4) driver. The neo driver will not attach to such chips. So if you've got that variant, do not try to make neo happen — it's not happening, and that's the vibe check. 😭

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

iykyk, go read the whole squad:

🌈 HISTORY 🌈

neo made its debut in NetBSD 1.5.1 — iconic behavior. The neo device driver appeared in NetBSD 1.5.1, periodt. ⭐

💀 BUGS 💀

  • The MagicMedia 256 series is not well-documented. So the info is giving ✨mystery✨, and ngl, not in the fun way. 🙈
  • No MIDI or FM synthesizer capability is provided with the MagicMedia 256 in AC'97 mode. While those capabilities are provided by the Windows driver for the chip, they are emulated by the Windows driver, and not directly supported by the hardware. The Windows driver is lowkey doing cosplay; the hardware itself isn't directly giving MIDI or FM. 💅

this page's source/version is Debian, dated June 22, 2005 — mwah, bestie 💋✨

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