Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerar...@googlemail.com> [11-01-29 16:39]: > 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. > >
How do you define "probably" ? :)
