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35 .Nd generic printer device driver
40 .Cd "device ppc0 at isa? port IO_LPT1 irq 7"
41 .Cd "device ppc1 at isa? port IO_LPT2 irq 7"
42 .Cd "device ppc2 at isa? port IO_LPT3 irq 7"
44 For BIOS-probed ports:
45 .Cd "device ppc0 at isa? port? irq 7"
48 .Cd "device ppc0 at isa? port?"
49 .Cd "device ppc1 at isa? port IO_LPT2"
51 For DMA capable parallel port:
52 .Cd "device ppc0 at isa? port? irq 7 drq 1"
56 driver is the port of the original lpt driver to the
60 One purpose of this port was to allow parallel port sharing with other
64 calls have been replaced by ppbus function calls.
65 lpt is now arch-independent thanks to the ppbus interface.
68 for more info about the ppbus system.
70 The parallel port bus is allocated by lpt when the printer device is opened
71 and released only when the transfer is completed: either when the device
72 is closed or when the entire buffer is sent in interrupt driven mode.
74 The driver can be configured to be either interrupt-driven, or
75 to poll the printer. Ports that are configured to be
76 interrupt-driven can be switched to polled mode by using the
80 Depending on your hardware, extended capabilities may be configured with the
83 With an ECP/ISA port, you can take advantage
86 In order to retrieve printer info from /dev/lpt0, just apply the
88 command to the device.
89 If the printer supports IEEE1284 nibble mode and has
90 data to send to the host, you'll get it.
92 .Bl -tag -width Pa -compact
94 first parallel port driver
100 This driver replaces the functionality of the lpa
101 driver, which is now defunct.
103 There are lots of them, especially in cheap parallel port implementations.
105 It is only possible to open a lpt port when a printer is connected and
106 on-line, making it impossible to run
108 when there is no printer connected.
110 This driver could still stand a rewrite.