The AVR ISP mkII does not support the AT90S8515 by default for programing. There s a simple workaround for that:
Go to the path where your Atmel stuff is installed. In my case it is:
- C:Program Files (x86)atmelAVR ToolsPartdescriptionfiles
- Look for the file AT90S8515.xml
- Locate the <ICE_SETTINGS> part and change the <MODULE_LIST> to [SIMULATOR:STK500:STK500_2:AVRISPmkII] and add a empty <AVRISPmkII/> node like this:
…
<ICE_SETTINGS>
<MODULE_LIST>[SIMULATOR:STK500:STK500_2:AVRISPmkII]</MODULE_LIST>
<AVRISPmkII/>
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