Re: [PARPORT] Micro-solutions bantam backpack

From: Karl-Max Wagner (karlmax@oberland.net)
Date: Wed May 10 2000 - 20:02:08 EDT

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    > You have to get Micro-Solutions to do it for you, since they have the
    > source.

    It might also be possible to do some stunts with initrd and load
    the driver while in ramdisk. Maybe that works.

    Best is to avoid products with binary only drivers and a policy
    of not providing adequate information for writing open sourced
    drivers.

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