Re: [coreboot] via vt82c686 southbridge

[Corey Osgood]

On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:34 PM, ron minnich  wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 7:23 PM, Corey Osgood  wrote:
> > Check the datasheet, there's probably a bit somewhere in the LPC
> > controller that enables the smbus controller, you'll need to flip that
> > first, if you haven't already.
>
> and in case you're wondering why this is done, it is common to have
> duplicate functions on chipsets on the board, so some PCI functions
> are disabled (not even visible in config space!) unless you enable
> them.
>
> ron

Or in case there are multiple southbridges/SMBus controllers, and only
one SMBus controller/USB controller/NIC is actually connected to
anything.

-Corey