On Sat, 13 Feb 1999, Chuck Robey wrote:
> Recently I noticed that lpt0 has been replaced by the ppbus stuff, in
> LINT. The problem is, I can't find any example as to how to set it up
> for a plain, vanilla printer.... ppbus has so many more capabilities
> than lp, I think it's embarrassed about it's dowdy origins. I don't
> know what controller to use (ppbus0 or maybe ppc0?) and the old device,
> lpt0, doesn't even exist in LINT anymore.
>
> I tried picking up the lines for ppbus0 and nlpt, which I guessed might
> be right, from LINT, and dropping them into my config file. They
> compile fine, but nothing is probed (my dmesg shows no printer) and I
> can't print.
>
> What's the right setup for a plain, ordinary IRQ 7 printer port?
> Please, don't answer if you're going to talk about connecting some
> parallel interfaced thing like a zip drive. I can't seem to find any
> docs on this, nor any mail messages (nothing in UPDATING either). There
> is much discussion about things like zip drive connecting, though ...
The following works great for me:
controller ppbus0
device nlpt0 at ppbus?
device plip0 at ppbus?
device ppi0 at ppbus?
device pps0 at ppbus?
controller ppc0 at isa? port ? tty irq 7
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