[PARPORT] Parallel port modes: debian vs. redhat (superrescue)

From: Ludo Vangilbergen (ludo@vangilbergen.net)
Date: Mon Nov 19 2001 - 00:05:46 EST

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    I've got a flatbed scanner that forces me to configure my parallel
    bidirectionally.

    I'm running Debian Linux, kernel version 2.4.12.

    Though I have switched the the parallel ports to EPP mode in the BIOS,
    my system reports the following info, when I load the parport_pc module:

    parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [PCSPP(,...)]
    parport1: PC-style at 0x278 [PCSPP(,...)]

    Strangely enough, when I boot my system with the SuperRescue CD (which is
    RedHat based - kernel 2.4.5), the system reports:

    parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,ECP]
    parport1: PC-style at 0x278 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP]

    How can I make my debian system behave in a similar way? Is there some module
    in the kernel that I have to load first, or should I have to tweak an option in
    a config file?

    Thanks for helping me out 

    -- 
Ludo Vangilbergen
Rotselaar, Belgium

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