Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 01:13:51 -0700 From: steve@Watt.COM (Steve Watt) To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: lpt changed? Message-ID: <200309300813.h8U8DplW005622@wattres.Watt.COM>
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Have there been any changes to the lpt/ppbus subsystem recently (say, in the last 3 months or so) on -STABLE? I don't use the printer all that often, but it's recently become amazingly unstable, sometimes taking hours to print, sometimes completing instantly and correctly, sometimes "completing" but failing silently. I see the following during boot: pc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0 ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/9 bytes threshold plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0 lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0 lpt0: Interrupt-driven port ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0 And I could *swear* the printer (an HP LaserJet 5) used to identify itself to lpt0. The system is currently 4.9-PRE from just after the last security advisory. I think it stopped being reliable between 4.7 and 4.8. It's a semi-production box, so tinkering should be limited, but I'm willing to do some experiments. Thx, -- Steve Watt KD6GGD PP-ASEL-IA ICBM: 121W 56' 57.8" / 37N 20' 14.9" Internet: steve @ Watt.COM Whois: SW32 Free time? There's no such thing. It just comes in varying prices...
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