Date: Sun, 01 Feb 1998 09:56:45 +1030 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "Will Mitayai Keeso Rowe" <thelab@nmarcom.com> Cc: mike smith <mike@smith.net.au>, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: integrated support for iomega zip via parallel port Message-ID: <199801312326.JAA00579@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 29 Jan 1998 09:57:26 CDT." <199801291457.JAA17168@unix.nmarcom.com>
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> >Crossposting to -hackers, -current and -stable is always a bad idea. > > My apologies; it just seemed to fit into all categories... the hard core > techies, those tracking stable (like me) and the less faint-of-heart in > current, where i suspected that the driver may already be patially > integrated. ... so you get us all three times. It's always a mistake. > >> Are there any plans to put the driver for the iomega zip and parallel > port > >> transfers into the kernel? I'm running stable right now, and it's a bit > of a > >> pain to merge the Linux port into the tree every time i want to do a > kernel > >> build after a cvs update :) > > > >Er, what "Linux port" did you have in mind? > > The one that is mentioned in the FAQ. :) > > http://www.prism.uvsq.fr/~son/ppa3.html I don't think there's much chance of that driver making it in, no. Even the author doesn't like it. > I'd be happy to hook my ZIP to my spare development machine and try to kick > the shit out of the driver... i'm not a great C programmer, but i have a > strong need to use my ZIP drive for FreeBSD and am willing to invest > whatever volunteer time i can in whatever capacity i can be of use, like > testing... OK; basically you need to bring back the 'ppbus' stuff from -current, which is everything in sys/dev/ppbus, as well as the related changes to sys/conf/files, and the chipset driver in sys/i386/isa and related changes to sys/i386/conf/*. If you need more specific help, let me know off the list. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\
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