Tim Waugh (tim@cyberelk.demon.co.uk)
Fri, 19 Mar 1999 18:54:33 +0000 (GMT)
On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, Dale Whitfield wrote:
> Problem is you can justify a fastpath function for most of the 8
> variations of ecp-mode read/write calls alone.
Dale, there are not 8 variations. Don't start saying software vs.
hardware again, because the client doesn't get a choice on that, at least
not on a per-call basis.
Parport is supposed to be independent from the architecture. I'm not
saying it's perfect in that regard _now_ -- as Joerg pointed out, it's
very PC-biased. But independence is the aim, and so moving _toward_ the
hardware is counter-productive.
If you really want separate functions to do the transfer handshaking in
software rather than hardware, there had better be a _very_ good reason.
So far you haven't convinced me that there is. (You are welcome to keep
trying though.)
Tim.
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