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Subject: Re: Support for digital outputs?
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On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 19:38:52 +0200
Furry Ball <furryball@gmail.com> wrote:

> The last time I tried FreeBSD enabling the digital outputs of my
> multimedia audio controller was not supported. Lack of that feature
> has kept me using Linux instead of FreeBSD. Will any future release
> support the feature?
> 
> What I got under the hood is "Multimedia audio controller: Intel
> Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)" and
> I believe it's one of the most common integrated multimedia
> controllers around.

For that, it may be a good idea to see if it is supported by the
drivers aviable from opensound.com.