NAME

snd_ess — Ensoniq ESS ISA PnP/non-PnP bridge device driver

DEPRECATION NOTICE

This driver is scheduled for removal prior to the release of FreeBSD 14.0.

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

device sound
device snd_ess
device snd_sbc

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

snd_ess_load="YES"

The snd_ess bridge driver allows the generic audio driver sound(4) to attach to the ESS ISA sound cards.

The snd_ess driver supports the following sound cards:

The snd_ess device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 4.1.