Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 23:36:17 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: John Lengeling <johnl@raccoon.com> Cc: David Clarke <djclarke@cm-solutions.co.nz>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SUNIX PCI Parallel Card with FreeBSD 4.0 Message-ID: <200005250636.XAA00456@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 24 May 2000 23:18:22 CDT." <392CA98E.B77FAD00@raccoon.com>
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> I was told that there wasn't any support for PCI parallel cards. And > that wasn't any active work on support PCI. The recommendation was and > ISA card or a USB->Parallel cable. They cost around $25. OTOH, supporting this card would be pretty straightforward if it's really just a "normal" printer port with a PCI bus interface. > > David Clarke wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Does anyone know how to get a SUNIX dual PCI parallel port card, model > > 4018A, recognised under FreeBSD 4.0. > > > > The card documentation says it installs under linux using 'more > > /proc/pci' to find the cards IO port address, but FreeBSD does not > > have this file. > > > > I assume I need to specify some lpt device in the Kernel config file > > and rebuild, but I do not know what to specify. > > > > Output from dmesg: > > pci0: <unknown card> (vendor=0x1409, dev=0x7268) at 10.0 irq 9 > > > > Thanks > > Dave > > > > David Clarke www.cm-solutions.co.nz www.sportsnz.co.nz > > Director - Technology > > > > Custom Made Solutions Ltd > > PO Box 10-819, Wellington > > Tel +64-4-384-7922 Fax +64-4-384-7924 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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