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Date:      Wed, 9 Jun 1999 12:43:17 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Chung-Kie Tung <tung@turtle.ee.ncku.edu.tw>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: how to set polling mode as default for lpt?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9906091243020.3005-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <19990606234150.A15768@turtle.ee.ncku.edu.tw>

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On Sun, 6 Jun 1999, Chung-Kie Tung wrote:

> I am running FreeBSD 3.1, and the new printer driver is default set to 
> interrupt mode. Cause there are always some data missing when printing 
> with interrupt mode, I'd like to use polling as the default.
> 
> When using lptcontrol in /etc/rc.local to set printer mode, it works 
> only if the printer is powered on. How can I set the nlpt device in kernel 
> config file to make the polling mode the default?

Give it no interrupt (or -1).

Doug White                               
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