SND_FM801(4)

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

🎀 NAME 🎀

SND_FM801(4) bestie!! This page lives in the Kernel Interfaces Manual, and it's all about snd_fm801 — the Forte Media FM801 bridge device driver. That's literally the name, no cap. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

Okay so to compile this driver into the kernel, put these lines in your kernel configuration file:

device sound
device snd_fm801

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

snd_fm801_load="YES"

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

The snd_fm801 bridge driver lets the generic audio driver, sound(4), attach audio devices based on the Forte Media FM801 chipset. This is a common chipset found in various parts used by OEM manufacturers. Lowkey iconic. Obsessed? Bestie, same. 🫶

🦋 HARDWARE 🦋

The snd_fm801 driver supports audio devices based on this chipset:

  • Forte Media FM801 — yes, that's the one. 💅

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

  • sound(4) — the generic audio driver bestie mentioned up top. ✨

⭐ HISTORY ⭐

The snd_fm801 device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 4.2. A little throwback moment. 🫶

👑 AUTHORS 👑

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

💀 BUGS 💀

Okay so here's the messy part, bestie: the Forte Media FM801 chipset is a sort of PCI bridge, not an actual sound controller, which makes soundless support possible. One problem is that both chipsets — with and without sound support — use the same PCI ID. That makes it impossible to determine which one is installed. No cap, that's the caveat. 😭

💋 mwah 💋 This page is from Debian, dated December 1, 2005, and its page name/version is SND_FM801(4).

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