Greetings everybody;

Surveying my system, thinking I can probably program this 7i90HD right on 
this machine from its unused parport, I go traipsing into:
/lib/modules/3.16.0-0.bpo.4-amd64/kernel/drivers/spi, and find I have a 
choice of 3:

spi-bitbang.ko  spi-butterfly.ko  spi-lm70llp.ko

Now, since there is not a switch or jumper on the 7i90HD to turn its 26 
pin port from one to the other modes, and there is not a discussion of 
it in the 7i90HD pdf, I have to assume two things:

1. The 7i90HD is smart enough to tell whats driving it, and switch itself 
accordingly.

2. That SPI can be done over an EPP parport.

So that leaves me with a 3 choice fork in the road.

Is linux smart enough that it will bitch constructively if I try to 
modprobe the wrong one? spi-bitbang.ko sounds the most promising, but I 
don't want to kill the port, or any kittens playing.

Or is this pristine dirt I am about to walk on?

modprobe spi-bitbang had no errors, and it shows up in an lsmod as not 
linked to anything else. I would have assumed it would have grabbed 
parport, but I rmmod'd that whole lp,etc chain without effecting it or 
generating a fuss.

Obviously I do not have a good grasp of what the heck it is that I'm 
trying to do.

Tutorials, links to tutorials, anybody?

Thanks.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
-- 
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>

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