Hello again from Gregg C Levine
In your message below, you mention "ppdev", is this a program that comes
with the library? Or is it with Linux, (distribution neutral here)?
Gregg C Levine yodathejediknight@att.net or
yodathejediknight@worldnet.att.net
"May the Force be with you!"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nate Jenkins" <nate@uniwest.com>
To: <linux-parport@torque.net>
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: [PARPORT] Grabbing a parallel port
> Philip,
>
> Instead of modifying a driver, could you not write a program to load the
> module and imediately do the things you need and then unload the module?
>
> You could use ( [ parport + parport_pc ] + ppdev) or ( libieee1284 ) to do
> this.
>
> I load/unload module(s) in my program(s) in this manner.
>
>
> Nate
>
>
>
>
> > Reserve the parallel port (I say "the" because I can guarantee
> > that there will only ever be one on these machines);
>
> > Set the state of the data lines; and
>
> > Release the parallel port.
>
> > The reservation must be done at driver load time, and the
> > release at driver unload time.
>
> > Could one of you nice people point me at a skeleton
> > parport-using driver that I can adapt to my needs?
>
>
>
>
>
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