Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 12:42:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Trevor Johnson <trevor@jpj.net> To: "Christopher W. Aiken" <cwa@cwaiken.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Parallel Port Hardware Question Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.4.21.0005171235340.14578-100000@blues.jpj.net> In-Reply-To: <3922C43A.C3D87493@cwaiken.com>
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> Is there any support out there for a parallel port LS120 in
> FreeBSD? Where can I find the "install" instructions?
Hi, Christopher. From looking at this section of the LINT file:
# Parallel-Port Bus
#
# Parallel port bus support is provided by the `ppbus' device.
# Multiple devices may be attached to the parallel port, devices
# are automatically probed and attached when found.
#
# Supported devices:
# vpo Iomega Zip Drive
# Requires SCSI disk support ('scbus' and 'da'), best
# performance is achieved with ports in EPP 1.9 mode.
# lpt Parallel Printer
# plip Parallel network interface
# ppi General-purpose I/O ("Geek Port") + IEEE1284 I/O
# pps Pulse per second Timing Interface
# lpbb Philips official parallel port I2C bit-banging interface
#
# Supported interfaces:
# ppc ISA-bus parallel port interfaces.
I conclude the answer is "not yet". However, it looks as though the ATAPI
LS120 drive is supported. If you have more time than money, you might try
porting the Linux driver to FreeBSD. It would go under
/usr/src/sys/gnu/dev/ and users would have to compile their own kernels to
get it (unless it were rewritten to avoid the licensing conflict).
--
Trevor Johnson
http://jpj.net/~trevor/gpgkey.txt
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