From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Aug 6 9:46: 4 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 425BB37B400 for ; Tue, 6 Aug 2002 09:46:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from topperwein.dyndns.org (acs-24-154-28-203.zoominternet.net [24.154.28.203]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F89F43E65 for ; Tue, 6 Aug 2002 09:46:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from behanna@zbzoom.net) Received: from topperwein (topperwein [192.168.168.10]) by topperwein.dyndns.org (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g76Gk0QC002864 for ; Tue, 6 Aug 2002 12:46:00 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from behanna@zbzoom.net) Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 12:45:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris BeHanna Reply-To: Chris BeHanna To: FreeBSD-Stable Subject: Re: ppc driver problem In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20020806062240.04cd8458@pop1.attglobal.net> Message-ID: <20020806124424.I2610-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 -- Chris BeHanna http://www.pennasoft.com Principal Consultant PennaSoft Corporation chris@pennasoft.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message