Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 13:23:57 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: phk@critter.dk.tfs.com, Nicolas.Souchu@prism.uvsq.fr, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Parallel port developpements - ppbus Message-ID: <19970818132357.12809@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199708180122.KAA08379@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>; from Michael Smith on Mon, Aug 18, 1997 at 10:52:34AM %2B0930 References: <19970818080055.00098@lemis.com> <199708180122.KAA08379@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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On Mon, Aug 18, 1997 at 10:52:34AM +0930, Michael Smith wrote: > Greg Lehey stands accused of saying: >>> Is it likely to work on a port that's open to shared use? >> >> Of course! In fact, you can print and transfer data at the same time :-) > > Really? From lp(4) : > > Initially, the lpt device is active for printing and the network inter- > face is inactive; however, once the corresponding lp device has been con- > figured 'up' with ifconfig(8) printing is disabled until the network in- > terface is configured 'down'. I didn't think that you were humour-impaired. Greg
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