Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerar...@googlemail.com> [11-01-29 17:56]: > On Saturday 29 January 2011 17:34:18 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > 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" ? :) > > well, your board is able to boot. So the bios is able to access spdrom to > read > the memory settings. This is done via smbus. > If you use sensors, you are probably using isa/lipc bus to access the chip. > And even if you don't. Do you have a ps/2 keyboard? The keyboard controller > sits in the same superio chip as the sensors. >
Ah! I see...but I would think, that the driver for the kbd and/or the access to the sensors would led to a "Kernel driver in use:"- or "Kernel modules:"-entry when using lspci -k, where the SMBUS-thingy is listed. But nothing... ?
