From owner-freebsd-current Sat Feb 13 10:24:10 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA00106 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sat, 13 Feb 1999 10:24:10 -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 KAA29938 for ; Sat, 13 Feb 1999 10:24:00 -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 TAA25472; Sat, 13 Feb 1999 19:23:45 +0100 (MET) Received: (from son@localhost) by teaser.fr (8.9.2/8.9.1) id TAA50741; Sat, 13 Feb 1999 19:17:14 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from son) Message-ID: <19990213191714.53383@breizh.prism.uvsq.fr> Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 19:17:14 +0100 From: Nicolas Souchu To: Chuck Robey Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: lpt0 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 01:11:25PM -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 You need: controller ppbus0 # The ppbus system device nlpt0 at ppbus? # The printer driver And finally the parallel port chipset interface, controller ppc0 at isa? port? tty irq 7 drq 3 See ppbus(4) and/or http://www.freebsd.org/~nsouch/ppbus.html for more info about the ppbus architecture. On Sat, Feb 13, 1999 at 01:11:25PM -0500, Chuck Robey wrote: > >Recently I noticed that lpt0 has been replaced by the ppbus stuff, in >LINT. The problem is, I can't find any example as to how to set it up >for a plain, vanilla printer.... ppbus has so many more capabilities >than lp, I think it's embarrassed about it's dowdy origins. I don't >know what controller to use (ppbus0 or maybe ppc0?) and the old device, >lpt0, doesn't even exist in LINT anymore. > >I tried picking up the lines for ppbus0 and nlpt, which I guessed might >be right, from LINT, and dropping them into my config file. They >compile fine, but nothing is probed (my dmesg shows no printer) and I >can't print. > >What's the right setup for a plain, ordinary IRQ 7 printer port? >Please, don't answer if you're going to talk about connecting some >parallel interfaced thing like a zip drive. I can't seem to find any >docs on this, nor any mail messages (nothing in UPDATING either). There >is much discussion about things like zip drive connecting, though ... > >----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- >Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data >chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. >213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | >Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic (FreeBSD-current) >(301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (Solaris7). >----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > -- 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