Yes, in a perfect world I should just have to turn the device off in
src/mainboard/thomson/ip1000/Config.lb and I would never see any traces of
the device.
Quote from the 82801DB datasheet LPC register 0xF2:
"Software sets this bit to disable the AC ’97 modem controller function.
BIOS must not enable I/O or memory address space decode, interrupt
generation, or any other functionality of functions that are to be
disabled."
But just turning the device off is not performing all of the above
functions required by the southbridge. If anyone has any suggestions on how
to really disable this device without touching
src/southbridge/intel/i82801xx/i82801xx_ac97.c I would be glad to hear
them....