Re: parallel port *slow* (and plip probs.)

--On torsdag, juli 15, 2004 20.33.28 -0400 Allan Fields <bsd_at_afields.ca> 
wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 11:36:30PM +0100, Antony T Curtis wrote:
>> On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 22:07, Palle Girgensohn wrote:
>> > Only, the flags don't work, nothing seems to happen?
>
> Did you set to ECP mode in your BIOS?

ECP+EPP

didn't try ECP only together with 0x8 flag.

>> > $ kenv | grep  ppc
>> > hint.ppc.0.at="isa"
>> > hint.ppc.0.flags="0xc"
>> > hint.ppc.0.irq="7"
>> > $ dmesg | grep ppc
>> > ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
>> > ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
>> > ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/16 bytes threshold
>> > ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0
>>
>> I must admit - I have only had it work properly when the flags was
>> compiled in the kernel config:
>>
>> device ppc0 at isa? flags 0x08 irq 7 drq 3
>
> I've had ECP working in 5.1 & 5.2 using device.hints as I've been
> misusing a machine as PLIP router to provide old laptop w/ network
> since PCMCIA interface isn't working w/ installed kernel.
>
> dmesg:
> ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 flags 0x8 on isa0
> ppc0: Generic chipset (ECP-only) in ECP mode
> ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0
> plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
> lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
> lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
> ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
>
> device.hints:
> hint.ppc.0.at="isa"
> hint.ppc.0.irq="7"
> hint.ppc.0.flags="0x8"
> hint.ed.0.at="isa"
>
>> <snip>
>>
>> --
>> Antony T Curtis <antony.t.curtis_at_ntlworld.com>
>
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/Palle