SND_ATIIXP(4)

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

okay so bestie, welcome to SND_ATIIXP(4) from the Kernel Interfaces Manual — this is the page for snd_atiixp, aka the ATI IXP bridge device driver. It's giving proper kernel-audio energy, and we're gonna get through every single bit together, no cap 💖✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

snd_atiixp — ATI IXP bridge device driver 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

To compile this driver into the kernel, put these lines in your kernel configuration file, bestie:

device sound
device snd_atiixp

Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, put this line in loader.conf(5) — yes, the whole loader.conf(5) moment:

snd_atiixp_load="YES"

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

The snd_atiixp bridge driver lets the generic audio driver, sound(4), attach to ATI IXP audio devices. This driver supports 16bit playback and recording, and 32bit native playback and recording. That's the whole vibe: it's the bridge that makes sound(4) and your ATI IXP hardware link up 🫶

⭐ Runtime Configuration ⭐

The following sysctl(8) variables are available in addition to those available to all sound(4) devices:

  • dev.pcm.%d.polling — experimental polling mode, where the driver operates by querying the device state on each tick using callout(9). Polling is disabled by default. Do not enable it unless you're facing weird interrupt problems or if the device cannot generate interrupts at all. Like, fr fr, leave it alone unless you have to 🙈

🦋 HARDWARE 🦋

The snd_atiixp driver supports these audio chipsets:

  • ATI IXP 200
  • ATI IXP 300
  • ATI IXP 400

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

  • sound(4) — go read the generic audio driver page, bestie 👑

🎀 HISTORY 🎀

The snd_atiixp device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 6.1. Iconic debut, honestly ✨

👑 AUTHORS 👑

This manual page was written by Joel Dahl <joel@FreeBSD.org>. Give them their flowers 💐

💀 BUGS 💀

The snd_atiixp driver does not support S/PDIF, but implementing it should be fairly easy if the right hardware is available. So yeah, no S/PDIF for now 😭

32bit native recording is broken on some hardware. Not a vibe, but that's the tea 💀

kisses and slay, bestie — this page came from Debian, dated November 29, 2006, and it's the SND_ATIIXP(4) manual. 💅💖

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