Re: [PARPORT] Can parport be accessed without a device driver ?

From: Uwe Bonnes (bon@elektron.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de)
Date: Fri Aug 24 2001 - 10:10:09 EDT

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>>>>> "David" == David Lyon <djlyon@hotmail.com> writes:

David> Sounds promising Uwe.

David> Where would I find the ppdev device? I'm running Mandrake 7.1 but
David> I can't see a /dev/ppdev device.

Recent kernels have a ppdev module. However you can configure your kernel
_not_ to compile the module. I don't know about Mandrake.
ppdev works with /dev/parportX.

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