[PARPORT] Re: ftape with Trakker parallel port

From: Jochen Hoenicke (Jochen.Hoenicke@Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE)
Date: Tue Jul 18 2000 - 04:07:11 EDT

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    On Jul 17, Tony Laszlo wrote:
    >
    > [...]
    > I notice that the kernel source for 2.0.36
    > doesn't have parport, parport_pc or plug
    > and play modules.
    >
    > Is this kernel going to work with Trakker
    > on the parallel port and ftape-4.x-doc-1.03 or
    > must I go with 2.1.x?

    It works, but you mustn't enable printer support (or only as module),
    since sharing the parallel port doesn't work without parport. You
    have to tell trakker the base address and irq. Add a line like this
    to your /etc/conf.modules:

    options trakker ft_fdc_base=0x378 ft_fdc_irq=7

      Jochen

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