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27.Dd November 29, 2006
28.Dt SND_VIA8233 4
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm snd_via8233
32.Nd "VIA Technologies VT8233 bridge device driver"
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your
35kernel configuration file:
36.Bd -ragged -offset indent
37.Cd "device sound"
38.Cd "device snd_via8233"
39.Ed
40.Pp
41Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the
42following line in
43.Xr loader.conf 5 :
44.Bd -literal -offset indent
45snd_via8233_load="YES"
46.Ed
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Nm
50bridge driver allows the generic audio driver,
51.Xr sound 4 ,
52to attach to the VIA VT8233 audio devices.
53These audio chipsets are integrated in the southbridge on many VIA based
54motherboards.
55.Ss Runtime Configuration
56The following
57.Xr sysctl 8
58variables are available in addition to those available to all
59.Xr sound 4
60devices:
61.Bl -tag -width ".Va dev.pcm.%d.polling" -offset indent
62.It Va dev.pcm.%d.polling
63Experimental polling mode, where the driver operates by querying the device
64state on each tick using
65.Xr callout 9 .
66Polling is disabled by default.
67Do not enable it unless you are facing weird interrupt problems or if the
68device cannot generate interrupts at all.
69.El
70.Sh HARDWARE
71The
72.Nm
73driver supports the following audio chipsets:
74.Pp
75.Bl -bullet -compact
76.It
77VIA VT8233
78.It
79VIA VT8233A
80.It
81VIA VT8233C
82.It
83VIA VT8235
84.It
85VIA VT8237
86.It
87VIA VT8251
88.El
89.Sh SEE ALSO
90.Xr sound 4
91.Sh HISTORY
92The
93.Nm
94device driver first appeared in
95.Fx 4.7 .
96.Sh AUTHORS
97This manual page was written by
98.An Joel Dahl Aq Mt joel@FreeBSD.org .
99.Sh BUGS
100The
101.Nm
102driver
103does not support S/PDIF.
104There is partial support in the code, so implementing it should be fairly
105easy if the right hardware is available.
106