From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261167AbVFAKOy (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Jun 2005 06:14:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261152AbVFAKOx (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Jun 2005 06:14:53 -0400 Received: from lug-owl.de ([195.71.106.12]:59112 "EHLO lug-owl.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261193AbVFAKN6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Jun 2005 06:13:58 -0400 Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 12:13:58 +0200 From: Jan-Benedict Glaw To: Nico Schottelius , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Parallel Port: Settings PINs on? Message-ID: <20050601101358.GP2417@lug-owl.de> Mail-Followup-To: Nico Schottelius , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20050601100150.GB27717@schottelius.org> <20050601101022.GE3690@DervishD> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="0i4az6ru2FyWQ2bd" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050601101022.GE3690@DervishD> X-Operating-System: Linux mail 2.6.11.10lug-owl X-gpg-fingerprint: 250D 3BCF 7127 0D8C A444 A961 1DBD 5E75 8399 E1BB X-gpg-key: wwwkeys.de.pgp.net X-Echelon-Enable: howto poison arsenous mail psychological biological nuclear warfare test the bombastical terror of flooding the spy listeners explosion sex drugs and rock'n'roll X-TKUeV: howto poison arsenous mail psychological biological nuclear warfare test the bombastical terror of flooding the spy listeners explosion sex drugs and rock'n'roll User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --0i4az6ru2FyWQ2bd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2005-06-01 12:10:22 +0200, DervishD wrote: > * Nico Schottelius dixit: > > Is it possible to select (in userspace) which pins > > should be enabled or do I have to write a kernel driver > > for that? >=20 > Userspace will do. Take a look at programs like 'parapin', 'k74', > 'libieee1284', 'libparportled', or similars. Look in FreshMeat. As > far as I know, all them runs in userspace, although you can find some > Linux drivers for performing pin control of parallel port. Just for the records: some programs that access the parport use non-portable inb/outb at PCish I/O addresses to control the parport line. Though, I haven't checked the programs mentioned above. MfG, JBG --=20 Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw@lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481 = _ O _ "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg = _ _ O fuer einen Freien Staat voll Freier B=C3=BCrger" | im Internet! | im Ira= k! O O O ret =3D do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(NEW_COPYRIGHT_LAW | DRM | TCPA)= ); --0i4az6ru2FyWQ2bd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCnYpmHb1edYOZ4bsRAjz1AJ40yd2x2TIb77r7QU9ACcbLTudDRgCgke1X nZXuT6RFG48jzjIv8sEYgb0= =DIJl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --0i4az6ru2FyWQ2bd--