I've read through the archives for this list and perused the internet at
large, but am still unable to figure out why my SIIG single port PCI card
isn't responding on my redhat7.2 machine with the default 2.4.7-10 kernel.
It has a dongle attached to it that's used for licensing some software
we run here, and the machine itself is an IBM eServer, xSeries 232.
(Which, by the way, has no parallel port built into the motherboard, hence
the parallel port card) The problem is that redhat seems to see the card
ok, but the software complains of not being able to see the license
dongle. I do know that the software checks LPT1, LPT2 and LPT3 for the
dongle from the vendor.
[root@box root]# cat /proc/pci
<snip>
Bus 1, device 3, function 0:
Parallel controller: Siig Inc CyberParallel (1-port) (rev 0).
IRQ 10.
I/O at 0x2040 [0x2047].
I/O at 0x2048 [0x204b].
</snip>
[root@box root]# dmesg
<snip>
PCI parallel port detected: 131f:2020, I/O at 0x2040(0x2048)
0x2040: FIFO is 16 bytes
0x2040: writeIntrThreshold is 7
0x2040: readIntrThreshold is 7
0x2040: PWord is 8 bits
0x2040: Interrupts are ISA-Pulses
0x2040: ECP port cfgA=0x10 cfgB=0x40
0x2040: ECP settings irq=<none or set by other means> dma=<none or set by
other means>
parport0: PC-style at 0x2040 (0x2048) [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,ECP]
parport0: cpp_daisy: aa5500ff(18)
parport0: assign_addrs: aa5500ff(18)
parport0: cpp_daisy: aa5500ff(18)
parport0: assign_addrs: aa5500ff(18)
</snip>
[root@box root]#
So it's definitely there. Siig's instructions tell me to run
# modprobe parport_pc io=0x378,0x278,0x268 irq=none,11,11
And
# setpci -v -d 131f:2020 0x18.L=0378 0x1c.L=0278
Which will have these results:
/dev/lp0 = 0378 - Setup for the built-in parallel port on your motherboard
/dev/lp1 = 0278 - Parallel port provided by the SIIG card
/dev/lp2 = 0268 - Second parallel port provided SIIG if this is a dual card
But of course they didn't work on my system - because I don't have an
onboard parallel port and it's not a dual port card, do I only have to
worry about i/o address 0278? Can someone give me a hint on what the
above commands _should_ look like on my system?
If no one has time to answer this question specifically, please refer me
to an online HOWTO or FAQ or article - anything that would help me make
sense of this setup.
Thanks in advance,
/meg
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