Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 12:45:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net> To: FreeBSD-Stable <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ppc driver problem Message-ID: <20020806124424.I2610-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20020806062240.04cd8458@pop1.attglobal.net>
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On Tue, 6 Aug 2002, Karl Agee wrote:
> I've got 4.6-stable installed-updated sunday 8\4 -and i cant get it to rec
> and config my parallel ports. Dmseg gives me a " ppc0: cannot reserve I/O
> port range" error.
>
> No prob printing on same box in windows or linux...or in 5.0-DP1.
>
> Its on an abit bx6-r2 mainboard. Bios is last avail.
>
> It has a promise ultra66 pci card, a sb16 sound card...and a dual parport
> expansion card. The prlnter is on lpt0.
>
> is there a fix for this?
Has someone else already claimed interrupt 7?
My fix (when I ran on an Abit motherboard) was to run lpt0 in
polled mode:
# Force NIBBLE mode and disable use of an IRQ
device ppc0 at isa? port? flags 0x21
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Chris BeHanna http://www.pennasoft.com
Principal Consultant
PennaSoft Corporation
chris@pennasoft.com
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