To be host I'm suprised that there are still parallel port users out there. Although the main reason is probably more nostalgia than anything else ;)
Anyway, my main problem with the parallel port is Windows. I'm not able to build a regression test setup for Windows. There is no documentation on how to set up OpenOCD with a parallel port driver on Windows. Do any of you use the parport driver on Windows? If not and no one shows up with a proper documentation / how-to, I would suggest to deprecate the driver for Windows (and drop it later). What do you think? Best regards, Marc On Wed, 2024-06-19 at 16:13 -0400, Brandon Martin wrote: > > On 6/19/24 15:07, Marc Schink wrote: > > > > thanks for your feedback! The patch is only a proposal for now > > > > and > > not > > > > a decision. Is there a special reason why you*need* parallel > > > > port > > > > adapters? I mean there are FTDI-based JTAG (and SWD) adapters > > > > for > > $10. > > > > Most parallel port cards I found are more expensive 😉 > > > > They're dumb, fast, and work, and they can be cobbled together from > > parts commonly laying around. The latter alone is a useful > > property, > > though the relative unavailability of "real" parallel ports makes > > it > > less and less useful these days. > > > > I would imagine many embedded developers have a PCI or PCIe > > serial+parallel card laying around. You never know when it might > > be > > useful. I personally have like 3. > > > > If there's a compelling reason to remove all the parallel adapters > > > like > > drastically simplifying the codebase, it's one thing, but if we're > > already sharing a bunch of bit-bang code (which I think we are), > > then > > I'm not sure how much it buys. > > -- > > Brandon Martin > >
