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25.Dd December 15, 2005
26.Dt SND_MAESTRO3 4
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm snd_maestro3
30.Nd "ESS Maestro3/Allegro-1 bridge device driver"
31.Sh SYNOPSIS
32To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your
33kernel configuration file:
34.Bd -ragged -offset indent
35.Cd "device sound"
36.Cd "device snd_maestro3"
37.Ed
38.Pp
39Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the
40following line in
41.Xr loader.conf 5 :
42.Bd -literal -offset indent
43snd_maestro3_load="YES"
44.Ed
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The
47.Nm
48driver provides support for the ESS Maestro3 and Allegro-1 sound chips
49under the PCM framework.
50These chips are mostly found in laptop computers and feature an AC97 mixer,
51a multi-channel sample rate converter that can mix up to four digital audio
52streams in hardware, recording support, and external volume control buttons.
53.Pp
54The firmware for the sound processor is licensed under the GNU Public
55License, and thus this driver is not included in the default
56.Pa GENERIC
57kernel.
58.Sh HARDWARE
59The
60.Nm
61driver supports the following audio devices:
62.Pp
63.Bl -bullet -compact
64.It
65ESS Technology Allegro-1
66.It
67ESS Technology Maestro3
68.El
69.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
70The hardware volume control buttons can be connected to two different pin
71sets (GPIO or GD) on the chip, depending on the manufacturer.
72The driver has no way of determining this configuration, so a hint may be
73used to override the default guess.
74The default setting for hardware volume control assumes that GD pins
75are wired to control the hardware volume.
76For systems that have the GPIO pins wired to the hardware volume control
77buttons, add the line
78.Dq Li hint.pcm.0.hwvol_config="0"
79to the file
80.Pa /boot/device.hints
81to override the default setting.
82.Sh SEE ALSO
83.Xr sound 4 ,
84.Xr loader.conf 5
85.Sh HISTORY
86The
87.Nm
88driver first appeared in
89.Fx 4.3 .
90.Sh AUTHORS
91.An Scott Long Aq Mt scottl@FreeBSD.org
92.An Darrel Anderson Aq Mt anderson@cs.duke.edu
93