Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 14:29:57 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: boia01@gel.usherb.ca Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Zach Heilig <zach@gaffaneys.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppbus is broken. Message-ID: <199806282129.OAA20734@antipodes.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 28 Jun 1998 08:33:09 EDT." <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980628082858.531A-100000@teel.info-noire.com>
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> On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > > > No, I don't. I have almost the same configuration as Zach: > > > > > > controller ppbus0 # ppbus stuff > > > controller vpo0 at ppbus0 # Iomega ZIP support > > > device nlpt0 at ppbus0 # printer support > > > device ppi0 at ppbus0 # ppbus interface > > > #device plip0 at ppbus0 # PLIP support > > > controller ppc0 at isa? port? irq 7 vector ppcintr > > > > Then please try with 'tty' and report your results. The entry in LINT > > was wrong; it's less wrong now (but still not entirely right). > > > > I added the 'tty' argument and I don't get the 'little bursts of garbage' > anymore. Thank you for your help. Thank Nicolas for pointing it out to Zach initially, and blame me for getting it wrong in LINT to start with. 8( > BTW: Is there any plan to support dynamic device attachment on the ppbus? > (ie. like plugging/unpluggin a ZIP drive to an already working system) Not at this point in time. Reprobing the bus is a fairly difficult thing to do "right". -- \\ 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-current" in the body of the message
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