Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 12:24:13 +0000 () From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: jivko@ijs.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lpt0 modifications Message-ID: <199512081224.MAA06605@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199512061848.KAA09181@freefall.freebsd.org> from "jivko@ijs.com" at Dec 6, 95 10:48:21 am
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jivko@ijs.com stands accused of saying: > I owuld like to use the Paralel Prot of a FreeBSD running machine to > control another very simple device which is not a printer. The > interface to that device, however, is not compatible with the > interface to a printer and does not support the hardware hand-shake > protocol a normal printer would do. Is there a way I could > reconfigure the kernel respectively the /dev/lpt0 device to ignore > those errors and simply dump numbers to the parallel port? It has to > be something very simple, but I don't seem to be able to find it., This mode of operation isn't actually supported. If you're interested, I could probably send you some modifications to the lpt driver that would let you directly control the port's outputs. > Jivko Koltchev -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 041-122-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[
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