Tim Waugh (tim@cyberelk.demon.co.uk)
Mon, 8 Jun 1998 20:33:28 +0100 (BST)
Hi,
I can see what prompted this change, but wouldn't it be better to still
write something vaguely sensible to a potential ECR (i.e. base isn't
something like 0x3bc) before checking for SPP?
(Is it possible for ECR to be so badly wrong that the read-write test
could fail?)
Tim.
*/
@@ -304,7 +314,6 @@
static int parport_SPP_supported(struct parport *pb)
{
/* Do a simple read-write test to make sure the port exists. */
- parport_pc_write_econtrol(pb, 0xc);
parport_pc_write_control(pb, 0xc);
parport_pc_write_data(pb, 0xaa);
if (parport_pc_read_data(pb) != 0xaa) return 0;
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