>> = Adam Richter
> = Tim Waugh
>> Is it generally true that devices that have IEEE-1284.3 device ID's
>> are also accessible through this daisy chaining mechanism?
>Yes. That is, IEEE 1284.3-compatible daisy chaining devices generally
>have IEEE 1284 Device IDs.
I mean, is it true that any IEEE-1284.3 can hang off of a
daisy chain, or only a cerain unusual devices specifically designed
for this purpose (for example, could I hang random printers off of
such a daisy chain)?
>> If so, then it would probably make sense to add a paramaeter to
>> parport_driver->attach to indicate which device on the chain to
>> attach to. Since old drives could just ignore the parameter, it
>> would be compatible.
>(It wouldn't even be source compatible.)
The mismatch would be a compiler warning, not a compiler
error. The old code would compile and continue to work.
Adam J. Richter __ ______________ 4880 Stevens Creek Blvd, Suite 104
adam@yggdrasil.com \ / San Jose, California 95129-1034
+1 408 261-6630 | g g d r a s i l United States of America
fax +1 408 261-6631 "Free Software For The Rest Of Us."
-- To unsubscribe, send mail to: linux-parport-request@torque.net --
-- with the single word "unsubscribe" in the body of the message. --
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Mon Feb 05 2001 - 17:43:54 EST