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

[Alex deVries]

On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 20, 1999 at 12:35:01AM -0700, Ulrich Strelow wrote:
> > 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. 

So the conclusion here is that we really can't do 715 support without
hardware documentation on ASP.

> 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'.

IIRC, OLIN and SHINKO are just the chip manufacturers.

I'll remind HP that these docs are on the list.

- Alex