Craig Muth (mediag@mediageneration.com)
Wed, 12 Jan 2000 00:00:03 -0500 (EST)
Forgive my ignorance, but am I correct in assuming that inp and outp are C
functions and i86.h is a header file? I had not planned on using C, but I
am somewhat familiar with it so I suppose I could. I am running RedHat
6.1, and this i86.h doesn't seem to be part of the standard distro. Where
might I find i86.h?
On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Chales Lawrence wrote:
> If you are reading the status and control register information why not just
> use inp and outp?
> These are both included as hardware and software intercommunication
> processes in the i86.h
> and you can also check the address and data by using the same function
> inp(reg)
>
> chaz
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>
> From: Craig Muth <mediag@mediageneration.com>
> To: Parallel Port List <linux-parport@torque.net>
> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2000 8:44 PM
> Subject: [PARPORT] use mount with parallel port
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am going to create some relatively simple circuitry which I will connect
> > to the parallel port of my Linux machine. I would like to simply read the
> > values that are being sent to the parallel port (I have no need to write).
> > I understand you can use the 'mount' command to treat the parallel port as
> > a file, but I have had no luck with it.
> >
> > Once I have the parallel port mounted, I would like to be able to open it
> > (from Perl or Java) as I would a file, and sporadically read the current
> > values being sent to the port. If, for example, each time I read from the
> > port, a binary number was returned which represented which pins were
> > getting a signal, that would be perfect.
> >
> > Also, I only need to read from 12 pins. If anyone knows off the top of
> > his/her head which pins are best suited for this, I would love to know.
> >
> > Any Ideas would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > --Craig Muth
> >
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