Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 12:41:32 +0100 From: Nicolas Souchu <nsouch@teaser.fr> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New print interface Message-ID: <19990214124132.00308@breizh.prism.uvsq.fr> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902132145120.915-100000@picnic.mat.net>; from Chuck Robey on Sat, Feb 13, 1999 at 10:03:41PM -0500 References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902132145120.915-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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On Sat, Feb 13, 1999 at 10:03:41PM -0500, Chuck Robey wrote: > >I have to add an addendum here, to my previous question about the new >config file setup for a simple printer. I was looking forward to seeing >the probing come back to my dmesg, when I finally got it right, but >seeing this: > >Feb 13 14:02:01 picnic /kernel: ppc0 at 0x378 irq 7 on isa >Feb 13 14:02:01 picnic /kernel: ppc0: SMC FDC37C665GT chipset >(EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode >Feb 13 14:02:01 picnic /kernel: ppb0: IEEE1284 device found /NIBBLE/ECP >Feb 13 14:02:01 picnic /kernel: Probing for PnP devices on ppbus0: >Feb 13 14:02:01 picnic /kernel: ppbus0: <HEWLETT-PACKARD DESKJET 690C> >MLC,PCL,PML >Feb 13 14:02:01 picnic /kernel: nlpt0: <generic printer> on ppbus 0 >Feb 13 14:02:01 picnic /kernel: nlpt0: Interrupt-driven port > >I *never* expected to see the PNP functions actually pick up the name of >my printer. I was economically bushwacked by the Windows corps into >buying the 693C (the version with the Windows software floppies tacked >on) so I was actually pleased that it ID'd the printer as the more >generic 690C (sans the Windows extortia). > >Very nice. The mistake I'd made earlier was in not knowing that the >config needed all 3 lines, not just some subset of 2 of them as I'd >guessed. > >Great job, Nicolas! BTW, try 'cat /dev/lpt0' ;) -- nsouch@teaser.fr / nsouch@freebsd.org FreeBSD - Turning PCs into workstations - http://www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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