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Date:      Fri, 1 Jun 2001 01:59:16 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Kyle Rollin <klined@orbimus.dhs.org>
To:        Chuck Rouillard <chuckr@opus.sandiegoca.ncr.com>
Cc:        "David L. Hays, Jr." <elfkinz@elfland.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Problem with sound card and lpt port on non-standard IRQs
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.33.0106010157550.37565-100000@orbimus.dhs.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0105312131300.43938-100000@opus.sandiegoca.ncr.com>

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> > -----
> > Kernel Config file:
> > # Parallel port
> > device         ppc0    at isa? port? irq 5 drq 3
> > device         ppbus           # Parallel port bus (required)
> > device         lpt             # Printer
>
> Why do you have a DMA request value for a parallel port device?

</snip>

Most modern LPT ports (ECP, EPP, etc) require a DMA address. This is for
bi-directional communication with the printer, so the printer can directly
access the spooled pages in memory, etc.

-Kyle Rollin
klined@orbimus.dhs.org



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