On Saturday 29 January 2011 15:18:10 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Hi, > > when listing my hardware with lshw I find some stuff build > into my ASUS Crosshair IV Formula, which I seem not to use > and I like to know, for what it is good for: > > These are excerpts from the output of lshw: > > > *-serial UNCLAIMED > description: SMBus > product: SBx00 SMBus Controller > vendor: ATI Technologies Inc > physical id: 14 > bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0 > version: 41 > width: 32 bits > clock: 66MHz > configuration: latency=0 >
sensors, and spd-eprom are accessed this way. > > and > > > > *-isa > description: ISA bridge > product: SB700/SB800 LPC host controller > vendor: ATI Technologies Inc > physical id: 14.3 > bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3 > version: 40 > width: 32 bits > clock: 66MHz > capabilities: isa bus_master > configuration: latency=0 today's incarnation is called 'lpc'. Your sensor chip is probably accessed through this. Also connectiopn sensor/superio-chipset. > > and > > > *-multimedia > description: Audio device > product: GF108 High Definition Audio Controller > vendor: nVidia Corporation > physical id: 0.1 > bus info: pci@0000:08:00.1 > version: a1 > width: 32 bits > clock: 33MHz > capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list > configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0 > resources: irq:25 memory:fe97c000-fe97ffff > > (I have a MSI GT430 (nvidia) card and onboard audio: > > *-multimedia > description: Audio device > product: SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) > vendor: ATI Technologies Inc > physical id: 14.2 > bus info: pci@0000:00:14.2 > version: 40 > width: 64 bits > clock: 33MHz > capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list > configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=64 > resources: irq:16 memory:fcaf8000-fcafbfff > ). > > > > lspci -k of those device/chips/whatever does say for the nvidia audio: > > 08:00.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation GF108 High Definition Audio > Controller (rev a1) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device > 2304 > Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel > Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel > > but...for what reason there is an audio device in my graphics card? > Sounds to me like a bicycle with onboard toaster... ;) > hdmi. Because hdmi is able to transport sound. Also look up the DRM mess. > for the smbus thingy as for the ISA-bridge there no additional info. For > what reason there is an ISA bridge on a board which skipped floppy > controller and IDE??? yes. > > How can I make what use of it? > you probably already do.
