On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 01:03:46AM +0100, Eric Huiban wrote: > On Tuesday 18 December 2001 00:34, Eric wrote: > > If I recall correctly, the SPARCprinter card is similar > > to a framebuffer, not a standard parallel port. I'd > > suggest taking a look at the really, really old archives > > of the sparclinux list as this does get mentioned time to > > time. > > While "digging" inside shelves full of dust layers and full of unused > documentations, i found today the user installation guide > dedicated to this card. It mentioned that the first port on the card is > specific to the sparc printer (the frame buffer function with pins > carrying intensity, vertical and horizotal sync. etc) and the other one > is a bidirectionnal parallel port used with printer equiped with > Centronics connector. > > After plugging the dusty beast onto different sparcs, it seems that the > openboot detects two "new" devices instead of one. I'm just hoping that > the conventionnal one may be used without SUNOS ! As usual : a very > specific SUN cable is needed... but some mechanical adaptations or some > "soldering" may not be a real pain. ;-)
Check "prtconf" output and see if you have something called a SUNW,bpp. Perhaps the cards centronics capable port falls under that driver. -- .----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=-----. / Ben Collins -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
