I too suffered from this dilema!
Here is what I did to solve it! (Note: I was using SuSE 6.2/6.3 with kernel
2.2.12/14)
In /etc/conf.modules you set the options for parport_pc so the IRQ reflects
what it should actually be (as in the BIOS) then when the parport_pc module
is dynamically loaded it is loaded with not only the correct hardware
address but also with the correct IRQ! The documentation for the parport_pc
module can be found in the Documentation directory of the kernel.
I seem to remember having a similar problem to Daniel Mashao until I solved
this problem.
Hope this is of some use to somebody!
Neil
----- Original Message -----
From: "Russell Dekema" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 7:46 PM
Subject: All Parallel Port Tape Drives
> I've been reading (not very carefully) the discussion for the past few
days
> about parallel port tape drives in Linux. A while ago, I had trouble
> setting up my external Ditto 800 using the bpck-fdc driver. It wouldn't
> work at all for me until i told Linux to use the parallel port's IRQ line
> by issuing the command:
>
> echo "7" > /proc/parport/0/irq
>
>
> You would of course replace "7" with the irq of your paralell port if it's
> not using irq 7 and "/0" with the number of your paralell port if you're
> not using the first one..
>
> After I did that, the bpck-fdc module worked just like it should. Another
> thing you want to do is set your paralell port (in the BIOS or on a
jumper)
> to use EPP mode. I have found that when it is set to ECP or ECP+EPP mode,
> the bpck-fdc driver can't take advantage of any of the "advanced" features
> - i.e. it goes the same speed as when the parport is set to standard mode.
> This is more important on restores than backups.
>
> Anyway, I just hoped this might help some of you.
> -Rusty
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
