Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 01:10:33 -0500 From: Brian Dean <bsd@bsdhome.com> To: David Nicholas Kayal <davek@saturn5.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Programming the Parallel Port using ppi. Message-ID: <20021028061033.GA65546@neutrino.bsdhome.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0210271631090.1093-100000@blackbox.yayproductions.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0210271631090.1093-100000@blackbox.yayproductions.com>
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On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 04:31:46PM -0800, David Nicholas Kayal wrote:
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <dev/ppbus/ppi.h>
> #include <dev/ppbus/ppbconf.h>
> #include <fcntl.h>
>
> int main()
> {
> int fd;
> u_int8_t val;
>
> fd = open("/dev/ppi0", O_RDWR);
> val = 0xff;
> while(1)
> {
> ioctl(fd, PPISDATA, &val);
> ioctl(fd, PPIGCTRL, &val);
> val |= STROBE;
> ioctl(fd, PPISCTRL, &val);
> val &= ~STROBE;
> ioctl(fd, PPISCTRL, &val);
> }
> }
You should really check your return values. The parallel port is not
writeable by default, so unless you've changed it, or are running as
root, your program is most likely failing to even open it, but you're
not noticing because you aren't checking your return codes.
-Brian
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