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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C)
Subject: Re: LP patches
Message-ID: <1993Jan19.223929.1313@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 93 22:39:29 GMT
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In article <1993Jan19.012740.6697@cunews.carleton.ca> watpod77@superior.carleton.ca (Andrew Cornwall) writes:
>I've tried to install Terry's LP patches, and they seem to be
>installed OK (that is, I can remake the kernel after they're in). But
>when I try to talk to /dev/lp (which I've tried as c 14 0 and c 15 0)
>I get a "Device not configured." I haven't been able to find out where
>this message is coming from... does anyone know what it means and
>where in the kernel source it's from? Thanks...
You need to read the patches themselves for that information... they're
actually not my patches (I didn't write them, I only ensured they were
archived).
That whole directory with the "patches" in it is an artifact of the
frustrations which drove me to doing the first patchkit. Only the
drivers there have any real value, and that's probably why they're
still around (the patchkit doesn't handle drivers or subsystem
replacements because of the limitations of Berkeley-style configuration).
I personally recommend the "interruptless" lp driver, especially for
binary data or large-buffer data like Postscript. This is available
by anon-FTP from the usual suspects.
Terry Lambert
terry@icarus.weber.edu
terry_lambert@novell.com
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