SND_ALS4000(4)

📦 version 15.1, in freebsd 14.5, freebsd 15.1, nixpkgs unstable

💖 snd_als4000 💖

ok so this is a man page from the Kernel Interfaces Manual, section 4, and it's literally all about snd_als4000 — the Avance Logic ALS4000 PCI bridge device driver. yeah. that whole sentence. it's giving "niche but iconic" and honestly? we stan a specialist. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

snd_als4000 — the Avance Logic ALS4000 PCI bridge device driver. that's the whole name section bestie, it's short and it knows it. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

ok so there are like two whole ways to get this driver into your life, and you gotta pick one.

option one: bake it into the kernel. put these lines in your kernel configuration file:

device sound
device snd_als4000

option two: load it as a module at boot time. then you just drop this line into loader.conf(5):

snd_als4000_load="YES"

see? easy. no cap. 🦋

🫶 DESCRIPTION 🫶

so what does the snd_als4000 bridge driver actually do? it's the matchmaker, fr fr. it lets the generic audio driver sound(4) attach to the ALS4000 sound card. that's it. that's the job. it's the bridge, it makes the connection, and honestly that's main character energy. 🔥

👑 HARDWARE 👑

the snd_als4000 driver supports the following sound cards — like, the whole list, bestie, this is it:

  • Avance Logic ALS4000

one card. one iconic card. iykyk. ⭐

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

  • sound(4) — go read it, seriously, it's the whole vibe this driver is enabling 💖

🌈 HISTORY 🌈

ok history time: the snd_als4000 device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 4.4. vintage. retro. lowkey a legend. 🧚

💜 AUTHORS 💜

this whole thing was brought to you by Orion Hodson <oho@acm.org>. say thank you. 🫶

heads up bestie: snd_als4000 needs sound(4) to actually do anything — it's a bridge, not a solo act. 💀

and that's the page! 🍓 this lil gem is from the Debian flavor of things, dated December 15, 2005 — yeah she's been around a minute, and she's still slaying. bye bestie, go make some sound ✨🎀

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