SND_SPICDS(4)

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💖 snd_spicds — I2S SPI audio codec driver 💖

okay bestie, so this is snd_spicds(4), a Kernel Interfaces Manual page, and it's literally the little driver that makes your sound card's codec chip go brrr 🎧✨ no cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

so if you wanna bake this driver right into your kernel (main character move, honestly), you drop these lines into your kernel configuration file:

device snd_spicds

orrrr if you'd rather load it as a module at boot time — way more chill, way less recompiling — you put this line in loader.conf(5):

snd_spicds_load="YES"

periodt. that's the whole summoning ritual 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

the snd_spicds I2S codec driver is the friend that other sound drivers bring to the party 🫶 — several sound drivers use it for soundcards that run on the supported codec chips. so like, it's not the star of the show, it's the iconic supporting character that makes the whole plot work. iykyk.

🎀 HARDWARE 🎀

here's the vibe check on which codecs snd_spicds is besties with:

  • AK4358 👑
  • AK4381 🦋
  • AK4396 🌈
  • AK4524 ⭐
  • AK4528 💜
  • WM8770 🍓

if your chip is on this list, congrats, you ate 💅

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

go read these next, bestie, they're all connected:

📜 HISTORY 📜

the snd_spicds device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 6.3. vintage. iconic. we love a legend that's been around fr fr 💖

🫶 AUTHORS 🫶

the snd_spicds driver was written by Konstantin Dimitrov, based upon the snd_envy24(4) driver. and this manual page? written by Alexander Leidinger <netchild@FreeBSD.org>. absolute slay, thank you for your service 🎀✨

okay that's the whole page, no skips, no summarising, every single detail is here and it's all canon 💯

and that's a wrap on SND_SPICDS(4) — this cutie came to us from Debian, dated May 28, 2007 🌸 so go forth, compile your kernel or load your module, and let your codec chip live its best life. bye bestie, ily, drink water 💧💖

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