Recently I noticed that lpt0 has been replaced by the ppbus stuff, in LINT. The problem is, I can't find any example as to how to set it up for a plain, vanilla printer.... ppbus has so many more capabilities than lp, I think it's embarrassed about it's dowdy origins. I don't know what controller to use (ppbus0 or maybe ppc0?) and the old device, lpt0, doesn't even exist in LINT anymore.
I tried picking up the lines for ppbus0 and nlpt, which I guessed might be right, from LINT, and dropping them into my config file. They compile fine, but nothing is probed (my dmesg shows no printer) and I can't print. What's the right setup for a plain, ordinary IRQ 7 printer port? Please, don't answer if you're going to talk about connecting some parallel interfaced thing like a zip drive. I can't seem to find any docs on this, nor any mail messages (nothing in UPDATING either). There is much discussion about things like zip drive connecting, though ... ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chu...@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (Solaris7). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
