Tim >If the lp driver is in interrupt-driven mode it holds on to the port
Tim >too long. Known issue.
I am not doing anything with interrupts, (that I know of). I don't think
any other processes are using the parallel port. My program inserts the
modules and then after a few seconds does a call to check if the printer is
responsive / ready:::::::::
int Busy( int fd ) // open'd /dev/lp0 successfully
{
int status = 0;
int error = 0;
error = ioctl(fd, LPGETSTATUS, &status);
// program never gets to here
if( error < 0 )
return 2; // bad
status = status & 0xFF; // redundant, I know
if( 0 == (status & 80) )
return 1; // not ready, but ok
return 0; // good
}
Tim >You can send a signal to the process holding the port lock, and it
Tim >will return.
I wouldn't know of any other processes holding the lock. Would an ioctl
call using LPGETFLAGS work here to check the bit in question?
Thanks,
Nate
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