Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 00:08:08 +0000 From: Nicolas Souchu <nsouch@teaser.fr> To: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ZIP+ detection, need testers for the patch Message-ID: <19990117000808.62752@breizh.prism.uvsq.fr> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9901161844410.31203-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>; from Doug Rabson on Sat, Jan 16, 1999 at 06:49:25PM %2B0000 References: <19990116195026.31931@breizh.prism.uvsq.fr> <Pine.BSF.4.01.9901161844410.31203-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>
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On Sat, Jan 16, 1999 at 06:49:25PM +0000, Doug Rabson wrote: > >On Sat, 16 Jan 1999, Nicolas Souchu wrote: > >> On Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 11:13:09AM +0000, Doug Rabson wrote: >> > >> >On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Nicolas Souchu wrote: >> > >> >> Hi there, >> >> >> >> Currently, the ZIP+ probe is intrusive and sends char to the printer if >> >> no ZIP+ is connected. >> >> >> >> Here is a patch that corrects the problem for my printer, but I haven't >> >> any ZIP+ :) >> >> >> >> So, please check the ZIP+ is still detected. >> > >> >With this patch, I can *not* detect my ZIP+ (attached to a machine which >> >detects it using the existing code). >> >> Ok :( >> >> Does the last ppbus committed code (with IEEE1284 support) detects your >> ZIP+ at boot? Something like "IEEE1284 device found /NIBBLE..." with >> its id 2 lines after? This may be another way to detect properly the ZIP+ > >Afraid not :-(. The ppb_1284_negociate fails with an error of >PPB_NOT_IEEE1284. I haven't tried using the PERIPH_1284 option which >seems to affect the negotiation - is it worth trying? No. PERIPH_1284 should allow a computer to act as a IEEE1284 compliant peripheral when connected to another computer. > >P.S. The correct spelling is 'negotiate'. I keep wanting to do a >global-replace :-) Now, everybody on -current knows it :) I'm burned, as we say here. > >-- >Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com >Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 > > > -- 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
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