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William Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au> [11-01-30 06:28]: |
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> On Sat, 2011-01-29 at 16:09 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann 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 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 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 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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> > > |
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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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> > |
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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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> > also the spd-eeprom on your memory modules can be accessed via smbus. And some |
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> > kinds of sensors chips. And a lot more. |
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> I have a new Jetway atom N330 board with an nvidia ION chipset with |
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> builtin CIR (Common Infra Red) controller accessed via the LPC and |
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> nvidia chipset. A pig to get to work on gentoo, but it does work. |
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> So yes, in use even on the latest motherboards :) |
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> BillK |
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Hi BillK, |
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would you give me a hint in what direction to drive for this ? |
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Best regards, |
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mcc |