> 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 ;) > > No, nostalgia, it is simple and useful. > And it is also useful for LinuxCNC.
I'm only talking about OpenOCD here ;) Can you give me some information about your setup? What kind of target do you use and what type of parallel port? USB adapter, on-board, etc. > Sorry, no MS-Windows here, but I found this, hopefully it is helpful: > https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/parports/operating-a-parallel-port > I'm not going to read Windows docs about how to develop paralllel port drivers... in my opinion we should drop support for both ;D Okay, maybe some Windows user will show up. Best regards, Marc On Thu, 2024-06-20 at 04:42 +0200, k...@aspodata.se wrote: > Marc Schink: > > 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 ;) > > No, nostalgia, it is simple and useful. > And it is also useful for LinuxCNC. > > > 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). > > Sorry, no MS-Windows here, but I found this, hopefully it is helpful: > https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/parports/operating-a-parallel-port > > Regards, > /Karl Hammar > > >
