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On Saturday 29 January 2011 07:33:34 Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 7:09 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann |
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> <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > On Saturday 29 January 2011 06:33:39 Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> >> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 6:18 AM, <meino.cramer@×××.de> wrote: |
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> >> > Hi, |
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> >> > |
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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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> >> |
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> >> > These are excerpts from the output of lshw: |
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> >> <SNIP> |
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> >> |
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> >> > but...for what reason there is an audio device in my graphics |
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> >> > card? |
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> >> > Sounds to me like a bicycle with onboard toaster... ;) |
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> >> |
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> >> I love the picture, however it is more likely for things like audio |
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> >> over |
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> >> HDMI.. |
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> >> |
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> >> > for the smbus thingy as for the ISA-bridge there no additional |
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> >> > info. For what reason there is an ISA bridge on a board which |
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> >> > skipped floppy controller and IDE??? |
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> >> |
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> >> The ISA stuff is likely for historical conformance to the PC |
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> >> architecture. Not sure if modern motherboards use it anymore, but |
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> >> maybe they do. |
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> > |
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> > they do. |
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> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Pin_Count |
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> >> IIRC the smbus is involved in power switch stuff. It's not unlike I2C |
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> >> but more simple. |
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> > |
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> > also the spd-eeprom on your memory modules can be accessed via smbus. |
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> > And some kinds of sensors chips. And a lot more. |
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> Yeah, makes sense that boot ROM/BIOS stuff is going to get accessed |
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> through there. |
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bios is accessed via 'isa' lpc ;) |
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