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From: karl@××××××××.se
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with /dev/parport0
Date: Fri, 03 May 2019 15:34:32
Message-Id: 20190503153423.159CA81F9EFC@turkos.aspodata.se
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with /dev/parport0 by Hogren
1 Hogren:
2 > On 03/05/2019 15:45, karl@××××××××.se wrote:
3 > >> Do you have parport installed as a module or directly in the kernel ?
4 > >> Did you try the two methods ?
5 > > Only as a module.
6 > Why do you not try do integrate it with the kernel ?
7
8 That won't change the end result.
9
10 > Other questions :
11 >
12 > - Where did you read that you can write directly to the /dev/parport0
13 > device ?
14
15 I have done it before with std par ports at 0x378, also it is a fairly
16 common thing in the unix world to treat devices as files.
17
18 > - Can you post «tree /proc/sys/dev/parport» or equivalent (to compare
19 > with the official documentation) ?
20
21 Thoose files looks fine, no problem there.
22
23 Regards,
24 /Karl Hammar