Holger Thon (Holger.Thon@uni-duisburg.de)
Sun, 11 Apr 1999 16:28:58 +0200
Jonathan Sturges wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I have a Multia 166Mhz. running RH5.1 w/ 2.0.36 kernel. I want to use
> my
> parallel port SyQuest drive on it. The SyQuest drive works wonderfully
> on
> RH5.1/Intel. However, I cannot make it work on the Alpha.
Have you already tried using linux 2.2.x? It has improved parport
drivers which also allow sharing the port with other devices. I also
experienced that the static version under kernel 2.0.36 doesn't work
(paride/OnSpec 26/pd), whereas the module works fine. I guess the
modules have been tested more, because they provide more flexibility.
So using the modules would be an alternative, as long as there is no
root device on it. But maybe this can be fixed using initrd.
>
> The problem seems to be on probing for the drive. At boot time,
> everything
> seems to initialize fine. EPAT registers itself (it's the only protocol
> I
> compiled in), and 'pd' loads. However, 'pda' (pd auto-probe?) complains
> that no valid drives are found.
Have you statically linked the driver to the kernel? See above.
>
> I took a quick glance around the linux-parport archives and saw some
> concern that the Multia's have funky parallel ports. I don't know if
> that
> is a current concern, or was an old problem.
>
> Does anyone have paride working on RH5.x on the DEC Multia? If so, are
> there any special patches or special parameters needed to make it work?
you can give the parameter
pd.drive0=0x378,1
at boot time, where 0x is the port address and 1 the protocol number.
> Also, does anyone know if paride works on SPARCs running RH5.x?
> (Separate
> issue, I'm just curious.)
>
> thanks,
> Jonathan
Regards,
Holger
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