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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
> 
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