Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 14:43:34 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> Cc: Peter Schwenk <schwenk@voicenet.com>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GENERIC 3.2-BETA kernel and printing Message-ID: <199905132143.OAA01582@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 13 May 1999 10:16:19 CDT." <Pine.BSF.4.10.9905131011550.5737-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu>
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> On Thu, 13 May 1999, Peter Schwenk wrote: > > > I just wanted to let the developers know that I have trouble printing > > with the 3.2-BETA kernel using the GENERIC configuration file. I print > > ... > > > device ppc0 at isa? port? flags 0x40 net irq 7 > > > > line to > > > > device ppc0 at isa? port? flags 0x40 tty irq 7 > > This still hasn't been resolved? If not, we have taken one step > forward and two steps back with respect to parallel ports. What > is the rational of choosing net over tty in GENERIC? The net > option has caused a lot of grief among people who want to print. > If it changes to tty, what breaks (and who will that > inconvenience)? It probably breaks PLIP, ie. network installs for laptops. I'm still not really sure why the interrupt mask isn't manipulated by the ppbus code according to active use; I presume just because Nicolas has been too busy to take it on. -- \\ 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. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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