Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 18:49:25 +0000 (GMT) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Nicolas Souchu <nsouch@teaser.fr> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ZIP+ detection, need testers for the patch Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9901161844410.31203-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <19990116195026.31931@breizh.prism.uvsq.fr>
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On Sat, 16 Jan 1999, Nicolas Souchu wrote: > On Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 11:13:09AM +0000, Doug Rabson wrote: > > > >On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Nicolas Souchu wrote: > > > >> Hi there, > >> > >> Currently, the ZIP+ probe is intrusive and sends char to the printer if > >> no ZIP+ is connected. > >> > >> Here is a patch that corrects the problem for my printer, but I haven't > >> any ZIP+ :) > >> > >> So, please check the ZIP+ is still detected. > > > >With this patch, I can *not* detect my ZIP+ (attached to a machine which > >detects it using the existing code). > > Ok :( > > Does the last ppbus committed code (with IEEE1284 support) detects your > ZIP+ at boot? Something like "IEEE1284 device found /NIBBLE..." with > its id 2 lines after? This may be another way to detect properly the ZIP+ Afraid not :-(. The ppb_1284_negociate fails with an error of PPB_NOT_IEEE1284. I haven't tried using the PERIPH_1284 option which seems to affect the negotiation - is it worth trying? P.S. The correct spelling is 'negotiate'. I keep wanting to do a global-replace :-) -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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