Linux Laptop Sound Chip Compatibility List

For a list sorted by laptops and some tips for getting your laptop sound card working with Linux see Linux status of laptop sound cards.

Chip	ALSA	OSS	Laptops
Apple
N.N.
Crystal Audio
Crystal Audio CS4232
Crystal Audio CS4232B
Crystal Audio CS4236
Crystal Audio CS4237
Crystal Audio CS4237B			DELL Latitude CPi D266XT, DELL Latitude CP/CPi
Crystal Audio CS423x
Crystal Audio CS4280
(Cirrus) Crystal Audio CS4281		".. the latest source .. (from Cirrus coming soon!) is able to build on all released kernels from 2.2.12 and up (and most unreleased kernels), with PM functional on 2.2.x and 2.4.x base"	IBM - X240, 240, x20, i-1620, P20; Fujitsu (models not available);DELL - most of the Latitude series, and other series not officially supported
Crystal Audio CS461x	works		IBM Thinkpad 600E and Thinkpad T20 series
Creative
EV 1958	3D sound effects, full duplex, stereo speakers, mic, audio in out		TwinHead EFIO 9000
ESS
ESS ES1488
ESS ES1618
ESS ES1688			COMPAQ Armada 1592DT
ESS ES1788
ESS ES1868			Olivetti Echos 133
ESS ES1869
ESS ES1878
ESS ES1879
ESS ES1888			HP Omnibook 800
ESS ES1969
ESS Maestro			Redhat - Maestro
ESS Maestro 1 aka AGOGO		kernel driver
ESS Maestro 2
ESS Maestro 2/2E
ESS Maestro 2E
ESS Maestro 2E/Yamaha OPL3-SAx
ESS Maestro 2EM
ESS Maestro-2 PCI AC97 3D enhanced
ESS Solo 1
ESS Solo 1E
ESS Solo1
ESS Soundblaster Compatible
MWave
MWave
MV Jazz
MV Jazz		see kernel Documentation/sound for details	TI TM4000M notebooks
NeoMagic
NeoMagic
NeoMagic MagicMedia 256AV		use ALSA instead of OSS	HP Omnibook 4150,Sony Z505S/Z505SX/Z505DX/Z505RX, Sony F150, F160, F180, F250, F270, F280, PCG-F26, Dell Latitude CPi, CPt (various submodels) and probably others
Soundblaster
Soundblaster 16
Soundblaster 16 Compatible			set acer=1 to detect cards in some ACER notebooks, see kernel Documentation/sound for details
Soundblaster Vibra 16
VIA
VIA Soundblaster Pro Compatible		via-audio-diag diagnostics program	Compaq Presario 1247
Xpress
Xpress Audio 16-bit
Yamaha
Yamaha AC-XG (Intel?)	works with snd-card-intel8x0 ALSA module!		Linux on a Toshiba Satellite Pro 4600
Yamaha DS-XG (YMF744)
Yamaha DS-XG (YMF754)			TOSHIBA Satellite 2800-100
Yamaha OPL3
Yamaha OPL3-SA2
Yamaha OPL3-SA2 (YMF 715)
Yamaha OPL3-SAx
Yamaha YMF715E-S
Yamaha YMF744 PCI (YMF744B?)			Fujitsu LifeBook 5110C, Sony VAIO PCG-C1XD