82801FB/FR/FW/FRW Intel High Definition Audio Controller

[Jia-Shiun Li]

On 8/15/05, othermark <atkin901 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> sledgehammer at revier.net wrote:
> > none0 at pci0:27:0:   class=0x040300 card=0x814e1043 chip=0x26688086
> > rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
> >     vendor   = 'Intel Corporation'
> >     device   = '82801FB/FR/FW/FRW Intel High Deficition Audio Controller'
> >     class    = multimedia
> 
> Michael Nottebrock wrote:
> >Unfortunately AC97 has its own set of device ids which aren't quite as
> >trivial to probe, IIRC.
> 
> This one works under snd_ich, and is AC'97:
> 
> pcm0 at pci0:30:2: class=0x040100 card=0x01791028 chip=0x266e8086 rev=0x03
> hdr=0x00
>    vendor   = 'Intel Corporation'
>    device   = '82801FB/FR/FW/FRW AC '97 Audio Controller'
>    class    = multimedia
>    subclass = audio
> 

ICH6 has both HD audio (D27:F1) and AC97 (D30:F2). They share the same
AC link pins so only one can function at a time. Apparently your
motherboard is laid to use AC97. But that's not HD audio. IIRC PCM
support for HD audio is currently under development.

Jia-Shiun.