systemic@mciworld.com
Thu, 23 Dec 1999 16:05:41 -0800
On Thu, Dec 23, 1999 at 10:22:34AM +0000, Tim Waugh so eloquently wrote:
> > When I go to "insmod ppscsi" I have success. When I do a "insmod epst"
> > I get the following:
> >
> > <snip>----------
> > epst.1: epst 0.91 (0.91), Shuttle EPST at 0x378 mode 2 (PS/2) dly 1 nice
> > 0 sg 16scsi1 : epst
> > scsi : 2 hosts.
> > <snip»----------
>
> This is a problem with the SCSI layer in 2.3 -- I just saw a patch posted
> to linux-scsi. Hopefully the fix will find its way into 2.3.35 or 2.3.36.
> Hmm..
That'd be nice.
> > Any ideas what this could mean? It looks like I'm getting my devices
> > recognized at bootup (somewhat... I don't have the ppscsi stuff compiled
> > into the kernel, rather as modules). As evidence I offer the following
> > output from dmesg:
> >
> > <snip>------------
> > parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP]
> > parport0: Found 4 daisy-chained devices
>
> Huh? I gather you don't really have four daisy-chained devices plus
> another on the end? Especially if they're all printers.. ;-)
>
> What exactly do you have plugged into the port?
I have an HP 5100c Scanner and a LaserJet 1100 (chained to the scanner).
That's it.
> > parport0 (addr 0): Legacy device
>
> Eek. That might be a bug actually. There's obviously no way that an IEEE
> 1284.3 compliant device isn't IEEE 1284.3 compliant, which I think is that
> that's trying to say.
Hmmm. I'm going to mess around with this stuff and see what happens.
I've tried not compiling printer support into the kernel (rather,
loading as a module later) but then I get all sorts of funky problems
with my printer not working. The scanner doesn't work that way either.
<sigh>
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