It is the name for what you get when you access devices such as
/dev/parport0. If you google for ppdev, there is good documentation
online.
Quoted from Gregg C Levine on Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 11:11:05PM -0400.
> 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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