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["Fredrik Gustafsson" <iveqy AT swimmail.com>]

I'm trying to connect my own device to my computer, it's a really simply 
interface, but I've got problems.

Where can I get the proper parport and parport_pc modules from?
I've used the coffee mini howto and the port programming howto but still it 
doesn't work on my stationary computer. I've got to trust in baslin :)

> "David Moberg" <davidjmoberg AT lycos.com> baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.orgDate: 
> Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:13:24 
-0500
> Re: [BL] parallell portReply-To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Fredrik Gustafsson" <iveqy AT swimmail.com>
> 
>> Hi, I'm trying to use BL3 for controlling the parallell port with a simple 
c++
>> program. How do I find the address for my parallell port? Couldn't fint it 
>> in
>> dmesg. Does BL3 even support parallell ports?
>
>You need to load the parport and parport_pc modules. If
>you need a printer-like interface to the parallel port,
>you also need the lp module. You may need a different
>module for a different use of the parallel port.
>
>> thanks for your help. Any code examples for recieving/transmitting to the
>> parallellport are also welcome :)
>
>Be aware that if you're coming from programming on a 
>more permissive operating system, like DOS, Linux does
>not let you write straight to the hardware. You have to
>make a bunch of kernel calls to make everything work.
>Have a look at the kernel source and documentation for
>more details.
>
>Incidentally, what are you using the parallel port for?
>For networking or file transfer, Linux has the PLIP
>networking over parallel feature. There's also a PLIP
>driver for DOS. Have you checked and made sure that
>whatever you're doing hasn't been done before? Even if
>it hasn't, there still might be some good code you
>could learn from.
>
>Good luck,
>David
>
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Fredrik Gustafsson" <iveqy AT swimmail.com>
> 
>> Hi, I'm trying to use BL3 for controlling the parallell port with a simple 
c++
>> program. How do I find the address for my parallell port? Couldn't fint it 
>> in
>> dmesg. Does BL3 even support parallell ports?
>
>You need to load the parport and parport_pc modules. If
>you need a printer-like interface to the parallel port,
>you also need the lp module. You may need a different
>module for a different use of the parallel port.
>
>> thanks for your help. Any code examples for recieving/transmitting to the
>> parallellport are also welcome :)
>
>Be aware that if you're coming from programming on a 
>more permissive operating system, like DOS, Linux does
>not let you write straight to the hardware. You have to
>make a bunch of kernel calls to make everything work.
>Have a look at the kernel source and documentation for
>more details.
>
>Incidentally, what are you using the parallel port for?
>For networking or file transfer, Linux has the PLIP
>networking over parallel feature. There's also a PLIP
>driver for DOS. Have you checked and made sure that
>whatever you're doing hasn't been done before? Even if
>it hasn't, there still might be some good code you
>could learn from.
>
>Good luck,
>David
>
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