On Mon, 2012-04-09 at 13:17 -0500, sam sokolik wrote: > I am throwing this out as I have run across a few people that have had > issues with EPP mode and the printer port. Now onboard parallel ports > can usually bet set to epp mode in the bios. Onboard printer ports > usually require some sort of utillity to put them into EPP mode. > > Now if I remember correctly - there was some issues a few months ago > with EPP mode and some intel atom boards. Now again - if I recall > correctly - the parallel port code for the mesa 7i43 was modified so > that it would force the parallel port into EPP mode. (if it could) > > Now - could this code be added to the hal_parport as an option? > > something like > > loadrt hal_parport cfg="0x278 0x378 in 0x20A0 out epp" > > I have not looked yet (and don't know if I can figure it out) but I > thought if someone felt ambitious... (and I might be remembering wrong) > > thanks > sam
The Pluto-P drivers have a bit of this code too, which might come in handy. I hope to get some time to look at the source, but if someone beats me to it, I wouldn't mind even a tiny bit. Maybe Stepconfig could use an EPP check box and feature test? -- Kirk Wallace http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ http://www.wallacecompany.com/E45/index.html California, USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
