Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 08:42:27 +1200 From: "David Clarke" <djclarke@cm-solutions.co.nz> To: <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: SUNIX PCI Parallel Card with FreeBSD 4.0 Message-ID: <005901bfc689$bda9bc20$0201a8c0@eskimo.cm-solutions.co.nz>
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>> >> I was told that there wasn't any support for PCI parallel cards. And >> >> that wasn't any active work on support PCI. The recommendation was and >> >> ISA card or a USB->Parallel cable. They cost around $25. >> > >> >OTOH, supporting this card would be pretty straightforward if it's really >> >just a "normal" printer port with a PCI bus interface. >> >> >From the docs that came with the card... >> Parallel Chipset: SIN1888, Hardware FIFO are 32 bytes >> Compatible chips: ACC3203, ST-78C36 and HT6535 >> IEEE standard: ECP/EPP/SPP/BPP (PS-II) interface >> Max speed: Up to 21.4MB/sec >> >> >From the linux setup info, they seem to imply that the ports on the card can >> be used simply by telling the driver code that the port exists at IO address >> 0xd400 instead of the usual 0x378, for example, and is used in a polled (no >> IRQ) mode. >> >> Can we specify this in the Kernel config file ?. I thought we could in an >> earlier version of FreeBSD, but version 4.0 does not show this in LINT. > >Sort of; it's not easy to get the information you need. It'd be easier >to write a PCI bus attachment for the 'ppc' driver; if you can get >documentation on the card and a sample to someone, it could probably be >done in a few days. If you (or someone else) can point me in the right direction and maybe an example, I am happy to give it a try. I have done some SS7 driver code development in a previous life. > >-- >\\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith >\\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org >\\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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