Date: Tue, 1 Aug 1995 12:22:44 -0400 From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: Gary Clark II <gclarkii@freefall.cdrom.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: sysctl (lpt control) Message-ID: <9508011622.AA17282@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <199508010145.SAA00586@freefall.cdrom.com> References: <199508010145.SAA00586@freefall.cdrom.com>
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<<On Mon, 31 Jul 1995 18:45:50 +1700 (PDT), Gary Clark II <gclarkii@freefall.cdrom.com> said: > How hard would it be to add the ability to turn printer poll mode > off and on via a sysctl variable? Or could we add it to sysconfig? > I see this question ALL of the time. The devconf mechanism was specifically designed to perform this task. However, the current implementation leaves something to be desired. For the moment, I think the best way to perform this operation is to create a `lptcontrol' script that opens the device and does an ioctl(). -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant
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