Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 19:07:22 +0200 (CEST) From: "Erik H. Bakke" <erik@habatech.no> To: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ppbus / lpt support in FreeBSD-Alpha Message-ID: <XFMail.990822190721.erik@habatech.no> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908221754160.72739-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com>
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On 22-Aug-99 Doug Rabson wrote: >> As I am quite new to running FreeBSD on the Alpha I tried to copy >> the ppbus related lines from my i386 config file, but this did >> not work. >> >> Is it just me, or is this a well-known situation? > > Noone has attempted to port the ppbus driver from i386 yet. Its not a > difficult job, just not a high priority. > >> >> Any advice? > > It would be a nice entry-level kernel hacking project if you want to > tackle porting the driver. > I am a bit busy right now, trying to hack an ES1371 driver, but when this is finished, maybe I can take a look at the ppbus driver as well. Time will show if someone beats me to it, though :) ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Erik H. Bakke <erik@habatech.no> Date: 22-Aug-99 Time: 19:05:42 This message was sent by XFMail ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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