On Wed, 10 Dec 1997, Stephen Zander wrote: > I thought irq 5 was also for lpt1..... surely it's better to document > what we have now? Otherwise we may trade one set of questions for > another ("Why can't I use my ... printer?" :))
In linux the lp module doesn't use an IRQ, it polls instead, doesn't it? I mean, look at this: [7 mmagallo scratchy:~] cat /proc/interrupts 0: 924972 timer 1: 24832 keyboard 2: 0 cascade 3: 148937 NE2000 4: 14280 + serial 10: 1311714 + fdomain 13: 1 math error 14: 191086 + ide0 and the printer does its job nicely... -- MM -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .