Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 09:57:26 -0500 From: "Will Mitayai Keeso Rowe" <thelab@nmarcom.com> To: mike smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: integrated support for iomega zip via parallel port Message-ID: <199801291457.JAA17168@unix.nmarcom.com>
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---------- >From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> >To: "Will Mitayai Keeso Rowe" <thelab@nmarcom.com> >Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Re: integrated support for iomega zip via parallel port >Date: Thu, Jan 29, 1998, 2:14 AM > > >Crossposting to -hackers, -current and -stable is always a bad idea. > My apologies; it just seemed to fit into all categories... the hard core techies, those tracking stable (like me) and the less faint-of-heart in current, where i suspected that the driver may already be patially integrated. >> Are there any plans to put the driver for the iomega zip and parallel port >> transfers into the kernel? I'm running stable right now, and it's a bit of a >> pain to merge the Linux port into the tree every time i want to do a kernel >> build after a cvs update :) > >Er, what "Linux port" did you have in mind? The one that is mentioned in the FAQ. :) http://www.prism.uvsq.fr/~son/ppa3.html > >At this point in time, I don't have any plans to merge the ppbus code. >Whilst it's quite separated from everything else and seems to work >quite well, it's still not really "finished". > >However, if there's more interest, I'd be quite happy to do the work. >(Jordan, there *will* be a machine I can test this on, won't there? 8) I'd be happy to hook my ZIP to my spare development machine and try to kick the shit out of the driver... i'm not a great C programmer, but i have a strong need to use my ZIP drive for FreeBSD and am willing to invest whatever volunteer time i can in whatever capacity i can be of use, like testing... -Mit
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