Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 04:10:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/14787: /dev/lpt0 doesn't work unless/until you do `lptcontrol -e' Message-ID: <200008171110.EAA30585@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/14787; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: mark tinguely <tinguely@web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/14787: /dev/lpt0 doesn't work unless/until you do `lptcontrol -e' Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 11:52:05 +0200 On Wed, 16 Aug 2000 16:50:02 MST, mark tinguely wrote: > Removing the "flags 0x40" from the kernel configuration file and > making a new kernel, also removed my problems with the HP PS printer > in interupt mode. I think the "flags 0x40" should be removed from > the GENERIC kernel configuration file. So in other words, _enabling_ chipset detection for ppc(4) resolved your problem? The problem with removing this from GENERIC is that the BUGS section of the manual page suggests that chipset detection causes problems for some people. Therefore, enabling the detection by default is going to cause problems for other people, even though it would solve the problem for you. Unless someone suggests that the existing default causes problems for more people than your proposed default would, I'd suggest that we leave GENERIC as it is. That said, if you'd like to draft a new FAQ entry for this, I'm sure the freebsd-doc guys would be happy to incorporate it. By the way, have you seen this FAQ entry? http://www.FreeBSD.org/FAQ/troubleshoot.html#AEN1554 Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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