Re: want only 1 lp
Quoting Kenneth Scharf (scharkalvin@yahoo.com):
> I've posted this question before, but the digest lists
> went down for a few weeks before I could get any
> answers to this question.
>
> I have 3 lp cards in my computer at dos addresses
> lpt1, lpt2, and lpt3. I only want the one at lpt1 to
> be attached to the lp driver(s). I want the other two
> ports free for my own software. I am running potato
> now, the options entered for the modules in slink
> don't work here, on boot up the initial feedback shows
> all three lpt ports being grabbed by the lp driver
> nomatter what I've tried. Something is different in
> 2.2.x I think.
You could reserve the addresses with a kernel parameter.
> Any ideas out there? I will be writting my own driver
> to talk to the other two ports. One for a home brew
> prom burner, the other for an 8052 ICE that was
> written up in byte some years ago.
Once they're written, you could load them earlier than lp,
in which case the addresses will have been used up.
Cheers,
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