[Linux-parport] [PATCH] parport netmos 9845 & 9855 1P4S fixes

Philippe De Muyter phdm at macqel.be
Mon Mar 23 09:52:58 EDT 2009


On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 02:21:59PM +0100, christian pellegrin wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Philippe De Muyter <phdm at macqel.be> wrote:
> > Hello list,
> >
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > Christian, can you verify that the patch below works for your
> > netmos 9855 2P2S board ?
> 
> I compiled a kernel with this patch and I see both serial and both
> parallel ports in dmesg. I tested the serial ports and they work.

Thanks for your quick feedback.

> Unfortunately I don't have any device around to test the parallel
> ports. You know, USB killed the pport stars.

I only use parallel ports for hardware debuggers.

> 
> > Last fix of Christian Pellegrin for 9855 2P2S broke support for 9855 1P4S,
> > and works only by side-effect for the first parallel port of a 2P2S,
> 
> sorry for that, I didn't know about the 1P4S version. This is the
> reason why I changed netmos9855 entry directyl.

No problem.  I have not been affected.  I needed to fix the 9845 1P4S
support, but as I have also a computer with a 9855 1P4S, I did some
code inspection there also and found your change.

Have a nice day

Philippe



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