Sound Driver Database

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Contents 1 Intro 2 How to search 3 Manufacturers 3.1 ATI 3.2 Cirrus Logic 3.3 C-Media 3.4 Creative Labs 3.5 Esoniq 3.6 ESS Technology 3.7 Intel 3.8 M-Audio 3.9 Nvidia 3.10 Rockwell 3.11 Sis 3.12 Via 3.13 Yamaha

Intro

Welcome to the Sound Driver Database (SDD), the purpose of this databse is to provide a searchable translator for lspci | grep -i audio. It is a work in progress so if you find your output not listed please refer to this thread for how to get it added.

How to search

Run the command below, take that output and match it up with one of the lines in the page (ctrl+f to search)

lspci | grep -i audio

Manufacturers

ATI

• 0000:00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Azalia

• Driver: snd-hda-intel
• Status: Requires Workaround: See ATI SB600 Azalia

• 0000:00:14.5 Multimedia audio controller: ATI Technologies Inc IXP150 AC'97 Audio Controller

• Driver: snd-atiixp
• Status: Works by Default

Cirrus Logic

• 0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4610/11 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01)

• Driver: snd-cs4236
• Status: Does not work in default release, fix located @ snd-cs4236

C-Media

• 0000:00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10)

• Driver: snd-cmipci
• Status: Works By Default

• 0000:02:07.0 Multimedia audio controller: C-Media Electronics Inc CM8738 (rev 10)

• Driver: snd-cmipci
• Status: Works By Default

Creative Labs

• 0000:00:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB0400 Audigy2 Value

• Driver: snd-emu10k1
• Status: Works By Default

• 0000:00:10.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 08)

• Driver: snd-emu10k1
• Status: Unknown (Saist)

• 0000:02:01.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy LS

• Driver: snd-emu10k1
• Status: Unknown (Saist)

• 0000:03:11.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 04)

• Driver: snd-ca0106
• Status: Unknown (Silly ole bear)

• 0000:04:01.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 04)

• Driver: snd-emu10k1
• Status: Unknown (lucky9)

• 0000:05:01.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy LS

• Driver: snd_ca0106
• Status: Works, not by default. modprobe requred to fix.

Esoniq

• 0000:00:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI (rev 04)

• Driver: snd-ens1371
• Status: Unknown (soundtech)

ESS Technology

• 0000:00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1978 Maestro 2E (rev 10)

• Driver: snd_es1968
• Status: Works By Default

Intel

• 0000:00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)

• Driver: snd-hda-intel
• Status: Works By Default. No spdif out

• 0000:00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)

• Driver: snd-intel8x0
• Status: Works By default

• 0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02

• Driver: snd-intel8x0
• Status: Works By default

• 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)

• Status: Works by adding the following lines to #/etc/modprobe.d/snd-hda-intel (reboot)
• alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
• options snd-card-0 index=0
• options snd-hda-intel index=0 model=acer

M-Audio

• 0000:00:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies Inc. ICE1712 [Envy24] PCI Multi-Channel I/O Controller (rev 02)

• Driver: snd-ice1712
• Status: Unknown (lykwydchykyn)

• 0000:02:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies Inc. VT1720/24 [Envy2 4PT/HT] PCI Multi-Channel Audio Controller (rev 01)

• Driver: snd-ice1712
• Status: Unknown (Saist)

Nvidia

• 0000:00:04.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a2)

• Driver: snd-intel8x0
• Status: Works By Default

• 0000:00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce Audio Processing Unit (rev a2)

• Driver: snd-intel8x0
• Status: Unknown (Saist)

• 0000:00:05.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio (rev a2)

• Driver: snd-hda-intel
• Status: Not working by default in 6.0. 6.5 Unconfirmed

• 0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 250Gb AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a1)

• Driver: snd-intel8x0
• Status: Works By Default

• 0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation MCP2S AC'97 Audio Controller (rev a1)

• Driver: snd-intel8x0, snd-mpu401 (midi device driver)
• Status: Unknown

• 0000:00:10.1 0403: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev a2)

• Driver: snd-hda-intel
• Status: Works By Default. Adding options snd-hda-intel position_fix=1 improves sound under Audacity (which requires exclusive access to the card). Recording does not apparently work.

• 0000:00:10.2 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 AC97 Audio Controller (rev a2)

• Driver: snd-intel8x0
• Status: Works By Default

Rockwell

• 0000:00:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Rockwell International Riptide PCI Audio Controller

• Driver: snd-riptide
• Status: Unknown (Saist)

Sis

• 0000:00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0)

• Driver: snd-intel8x0
• Status: Works By Default

• 0000:00:01.4 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS PCI Audio Accelerator (rev 02)

• Driver: Unknown !
• Status: Not working by default

Via

• 0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies Inc. VT1720/24 [Envy24PT/HT] PCI Multi-Channel Audio Controller (rev 01)

• Driver: snd_ice1724
• Status: Not working by default, Workaround located at: VIA Envy24PT/HT

• 0000:00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)

• Driver: snd-via82xx
• Status: Works by default

• 04:01.0 Audio device: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA High Definition Audio Controller (rev 10)

• Driver: snd-hda-intel
• Status: Not working but support is possible (works in pclinuxos)

Yamaha

• 0000:00:07.0 Multimedia audio controller: Yamaha Corporation YMF-724F [DS-1 Audio Controller] (rev 03)

• Driver: snd-ymfpci
• Status: Works By Default

• 0000:00:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: Yamaha Corporation YMF-744B [DS-1S Audio Controller] (rev 02)

• Driver: snd-ymfpci
• Status: Works By Defualt

Ubuntu also works

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