[parisc-linux] What's in a 715?

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Wed, Oct 20, 1999 at 12:35:01AM -0700, Ulrich Strelow wrote:
> Hi Alex,
> 
> I asked nearly the same question some months ago,
> because I needed to understand which CONFIG options
> should be set for my 715/33. 
> 
> Bill Katz from HP answered:
> 
> The 715/33 does NOT have either LASI or DINO. It uses
> an older I/O chip known as ASP. ASP connects the
> processor bus to several external chips, including the
> NCR 53c710, Intel LAN and WD 16C552 (? I'm doing this
> from memory) 2-serial/parallel chip. It uses the
> PA7100 CPU which does not have GSC. 

If you open the 715/33 up, it has chips called OLIN and SHINKO on the
board, as well as some unnamed chips.  Do either or both of these chips
implement ASP?  I gave Alex the details on these chips a couple of months
ago and last I heard they were on the list of documents we want from HP,
marked `desirable, but no urgency'.

-- 
Matthew Wilcox <willy@bofh.ai>
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