From owner-freebsd-current Sun Feb 14 08:08:08 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA08659 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sun, 14 Feb 1999 08:08:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from reliam.teaser.fr (reliam.teaser.fr [194.51.80.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA08635 for ; Sun, 14 Feb 1999 08:08:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from son@teaser.fr) Received: from teaser.fr (ppp1087-ft.teaser.fr [194.206.156.40]) by reliam.teaser.fr (8.9.1a/8.9.1a) with ESMTP id RAA30118; Sun, 14 Feb 1999 17:07:53 +0100 (MET) Received: (from son@localhost) by teaser.fr (8.9.2/8.9.1) id MAA02252; Sun, 14 Feb 1999 12:41:33 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from son) Message-ID: <19990214124132.00308@breizh.prism.uvsq.fr> Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 12:41:32 +0100 From: Nicolas Souchu To: Chuck Robey Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New print interface References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.81e In-Reply-To: ; from Chuck Robey on Sat, Feb 13, 1999 at 10:03:41PM -0500 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD breizh 4.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Feb 13, 1999 at 10:03:41PM -0500, Chuck Robey wrote: > >I have to add an addendum here, to my previous question about the new >config file setup for a simple printer. I was looking forward to seeing >the probing come back to my dmesg, when I finally got it right, but >seeing this: > >Feb 13 14:02:01 picnic /kernel: ppc0 at 0x378 irq 7 on isa >Feb 13 14:02:01 picnic /kernel: ppc0: SMC FDC37C665GT chipset >(EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode >Feb 13 14:02:01 picnic /kernel: ppb0: IEEE1284 device found /NIBBLE/ECP >Feb 13 14:02:01 picnic /kernel: Probing for PnP devices on ppbus0: >Feb 13 14:02:01 picnic /kernel: ppbus0: >MLC,PCL,PML >Feb 13 14:02:01 picnic /kernel: nlpt0: on ppbus 0 >Feb 13 14:02:01 picnic /kernel: nlpt0: Interrupt-driven port > >I *never* expected to see the PNP functions actually pick up the name of >my printer. I was economically bushwacked by the Windows corps into >buying the 693C (the version with the Windows software floppies tacked >on) so I was actually pleased that it ID'd the printer as the more >generic 690C (sans the Windows extortia). > >Very nice. The mistake I'd made earlier was in not knowing that the >config needed all 3 lines, not just some subset of 2 of them as I'd >guessed. > >Great job, Nicolas! BTW, try 'cat /dev/lpt0' ;) -- nsouch@teaser.fr / nsouch@freebsd.org FreeBSD - Turning PCs into workstations - http://www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message