SND_EMU10K1(4)

🎀 SND_EMU10K1(4) 🎀

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel Interfaces Manual page for snd_emu10k1(4). yes, that manual name is folded in right here like a little sticky note, and this whole page is about the SoundBlaster Live! and Audigy PCI bridge device driver. main character energy fr fr. 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

okay so the name is snd_emu10k1 — the SoundBlaster Live! and Audigy PCI bridge device driver. that's the whole vibe, no cap. 🎀

🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

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

device sound
device snd_emu10k1

or, alternate era: to load the driver as a module at boot time, put this line in loader.conf(5):

snd_emu10k1_load="YES"

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

The snd_emu10k1 bridge driver is what lets the generic audio driver sound(4) attach to the SoundBlaster Live! and Audigy audio cards. iconic behavior, honestly. 🫶

Digital output is supported by default. periodt. ✨

🦋 HARDWARE 🦋

The snd_emu10k1 driver supports the following sound cards:

• Creative SoundBlaster Live! (EMU10K1 Chipset)
• Creative SoundBlaster Audigy (EMU10K2 Chipset)
• Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 (EMU10K2 Chipset)
• Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 (EMU10K3 Chipset)

that hardware list ate, no notes. highkey obsessed. 💅

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• sound(4) — go say hi, bestie, that's the see-also.

⭐ HISTORY ⭐

The snd_emu10k1 device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 4.1. vintage queen behavior. ⭐

🫶 AUTHORS 🫶

• David O'Brien — <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
• Orlando Bassotto — <orlando.bassotto@ieo-research.it>
• Cameron Grant — <cg@FreeBSD.org>

these three literally made it happen, show some love. 💖

💀 BUGS 💀

Fancy features like DD5.1 output are not supported. so if DD5.1 is your dream, this driver is giving “not today” 😭. no cap, that's the bug note.

xoxo, your terminal bestie 💖 — footer tea time: this manual page comes from Debian, dated December 15, 2005, and the page is literally SND_EMU10K1(4). bye bestie 🫶