ESM(4) BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual ESM(4)
NAME
esm -- ESS Technology Maestro 2/2E PCI Audio Accelerator audio device driver
SYNOPSIS
esm* at pci? dev ? function ?
audio* at audiobus?
DESCRIPTION
The esm device driver supports sound cards based on ESS Technology Maestro, Maestro-2, and Maestro-2E PCI AC97 Audio Accelerator chips
(ES1968 and ES1978). Due to their power management capabilities, the Maestro chips are often used in laptop and notebook systems.
The Maestro is a full-duplex device that allows independent playback and recording at sample rates between 4000 Hz and 48 kHz. The sound
processor is capable of handling and converting 8 and 16 bit mono and stereo data.
SEE ALSO
ac97(4), audio(4), joy(4), mpu(4), pci(4)
HISTORY
The esm device driver appeared in NetBSD 1.6.
BUGS
Currently, this driver only supports 16-bit mono recording; an unknown bug causes stereo recording to miss a channel. Also not supported yet
are hardware volume settings, MIDI, and joystick input.
BSD
June 22, 2005 BSD
