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