ASP(4)

NAME
asp - first generation I/O subsystem

SYNOPSIS
asp* at mainbus0
gsc* at asp?

DESCRIPTION
Core bus controller and I/O subsystem as present on older HP 9000/700 workstations. The supported core bus controllers are those used in conjunction with PA7000, PA7100, and PA7150 CPUs and include:

•   Core bus controller
•   System Clock
•   Interrupt Controller
•   DMA Controller
•   Real Time Clock Interface
•   RAM and EEPROM controllers

MACHINES
An incomplete list of machines that use the ASP bus controller:

•   705, 710
•   715/{33,50,75}
•   725/{50,75}
•   720, 730, 750
•   735/*, 755 (ASP2)
•   742i
•   745i/{50,75}
•   747i/{50,75}
•   755/*

SEE ALSO
hppa/gsc(4), hppa/intro(4), hppa/io(4) Hardball I/O Subsystem ERS, Revision 1.1, 30 September 1991, Hewlett-Packard.

HISTORY
The asp driver appeared in OpenBSD 2.4. It was ported to NetBSD 1.6 by Matthew Fredette.