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Date:      Sun, 28 Jan 2001 19:14:14 -0800
From:      "Kevin G. Eliuk" <kg@dccnet.com>
To:        behanna@zbzoom.net
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ppc0, lpt0, ppbus, and irq selection
Message-ID:  <3A74E006.39FAF92E@dccnet.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101282136060.95041-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org>

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Chris BeHanna wrote:
> 
>     Is it absolutely required to run your parallel port and printer
> from IRQ 7?  I have a box with every slot filled, and due to the fact
> that one of my PCI slots is hardwired to IRQ 5 (curse ABIT for this!),
> my only available choice for my SB16 card is 7, so I tried running
> ppbus etc. on irq 3, but all I get is gibberish from the printer.

You can also run it in polled mode.  See:

http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/printing-intro-setup.html

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