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Date:      Mon, 7 Jun 2004 19:20:31 GMT
From:      Donald Szatkowski <deltaski@verizon.net>
To:        freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: i386/67505: Parallel Port not active due to Loader problem
Message-ID:  <200406071920.i57JKVhF097679@freefall.freebsd.org>

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From: Donald Szatkowski <deltaski@verizon.net>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, deltaski@verizon.net
Cc:  
Subject: Re: i386/67505: Parallel Port not active due to Loader problem
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 14:11:25 -0500

 Thank you for considering my question.
 
 I am having trouble getting a direct parallel port printer to work. I have=
 =20
 narrowed the problem down to the initial boot process, but am unable to=20
 resolve the problem of no printer port. The problem is that the parallel po=
 rt=20
 fails to initialize at startup.
 
 #uname -a=20
         FreeBSD bsd4_10.maingear.com 4.10-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE #0:
         Tue May 25 22:47?12 GMT 2004
         root@perseus.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 =20
 
 #dmesg:
         Copyright (c) 1979,1980,1983,1986,1988,1989,1991,1992,1993,1994
                 The Regents of the University of California, All rights=20
 reserved.
         FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE #0: Tue May 25 22:47:12 GMT 2004
                 root@perseus.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
         Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz
         CPU: Pentium/P54C (99.47-MHz 586-class CPU)
                 Origin=3D "GenuineIntel"  Id =3D 0x525  Stepping =3D 5
                 Features=3D0x1bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8>
         real memory =3D 134217728  (131072K bytes)
         avail memory =3D 125169664  (122236K bytes)
         Intel Pentium detected, installing workaround for F00F bug
         md0: Malloc disk
         npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
         npx0: INT 16 interface
         pcib0: <Host to PCI Bridge> on motherboard
         pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
         isab0: <Intel 82371FB PCI to ISA bridge> at device 7.0 on pci0
         isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
         atapci0: <Intel PIIX ATA controller> port 0xffa0-0xffaf at device 7=
 =2E1=20
 on pci0
         ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0
         ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0
         pci0: <S3 Trio graphics accelerator> at 14.0 irq 9
         dc0: <AEMtek AN985 10/100BaseTX> port 0xfc00-0xfcff mem=20
 0xffbeec00-oxffbeefff=20
                 irq 10 at device 15.0 on pci0
         dc0: Ethernet address: 00:20:78:1e:be:f7
         miibus0: <MII bus> on dc0
         ukphy0: <Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface> on miibus0
         ukphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
         orm0: <Option ROMs> at iomem 0xc0000-0xed000, 0xed000-0xedfff on is=
 a0
         pmtimer0 on isa0
         fdc0: <NEC 72065B or clone> at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irrq 6 drq 2 =
 on=20
  isa0
         fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold
         fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0
         atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
         atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0
         kbd0 at atkbd0
         psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
         psm0: model Generic PS/2 mouse, device ID 0
         vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff o=
 n=20
 isa0
         sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
         sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=3D0x300>
         sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
         sio0: type 16550A
         sio1 at port 0x2f8-0x2ff issq 3 on isa0
         sio1: type 16550A
         ppc0: cannot reserve I/O port range
         ad0: 58644MB <Maxtor 6Y060L0> [119150/16/63] at ata0-master WDMA2
         acd0: CDROM <SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC-140> at ata1-master PIO4
         mounting root from ufs:ad0s1a
 #
 
 The following is info from Windows98 system report:
         IRQ usage summary:
                 07 - Printer port (LPT1)
         I/O port usage summary:
                 03BCh-03BFh - Printer port (LPT1)
 
 The following was attempted:
         # /dev/MAKEDEV lpt0
         # dmesg | grep lpt0
         no response, just returned to root cursor
         #
 
         ALSO:
                 #dmesg:Boot
                         ppc0: cannot reserve I/O port range
 
 =46rom the dmesg at boot, it is obvious that the ppc0 cannot reserve I/O ra=
 nge=20
 needed for the parallel port.  My problem is , I don't know what to do NOW!=
 !!!
 I can find no reference in the Handbook or in FAQ's that address my problem.
 Can anyone assist in getting this printer to work?
 
 by the way, printer works fine with 98.
 
 Thanks in advance
 
 Donald Szatkowski
 



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