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SND_MAESTRO3(4) 	     Kernel Interfaces Manual		 SND_MAESTRO3(4)

NAME
     snd_maestro3 -- ESS Maestro3/Allegro-1 bridge device driver

SYNOPSIS
     To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your
     kernel configuration file:

	   device sound
	   device snd_maestro3

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

	   snd_maestro3_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION
     The snd_maestro3 driver provides support for the ESS Maestro3 and Allegro-1
     sound  chips under the PCM framework.  These chips are mostly found in lap-
     top computers and feature an AC97 mixer, a multi-channel sample  rate  con-
     verter that can mix up to four digital audio streams in hardware, recording
     support, and external volume control buttons.

     The  firmware  for the sound processor is licensed under the GNU Public Li-
     cense, and thus this driver is not included in the default GENERIC kernel.

HARDWARE
     The snd_maestro3 driver supports the following audio devices:

     *	 ESS Technology Allegro-1
     *	 ESS Technology Maestro3

DIAGNOSTICS
     The hardware volume control buttons can be connected to two  different  pin
     sets  (GPIO  or GD) on the chip, depending on the manufacturer.  The driver
     has no way of determining this configuration, so a  hint  may  be	used  to
     override  the  default guess.  The default setting for hardware volume con-
     trol assumes that GD pins are wired to control the  hardware  volume.   For
     systems  that  have the GPIO pins wired to the hardware volume control but-
     tons,   add   the	 line	"hint.pcm.0.hwvol_config="0""	to   the    file
     /boot/device.hints to override the default setting.

SEE ALSO
     sound(4), loader.conf(5)

HISTORY
     The snd_maestro3 driver first appeared in FreeBSD 4.3.

AUTHORS
     Scott Long <scottl@FreeBSD.org>
     Darrel Anderson <anderson@cs.duke.edu>

FreeBSD ports 15.1		December 15, 2005		 SND_MAESTRO3(4)

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