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Re: plip: support more hw (patch inside)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Philip Blundell)
Sat Aug 26 10:14:20 1995
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 19:49:28 +0100 (BST)
From: Philip Blundell <pjb27@cam.ac.uk>
To: NIIBE Yutaka <gniibe@mri.co.jp>
cc: Alessandro Rubini <rubini@ipvvis.UNIPV.IT>, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <199508230333.MAA11284@megatherium.mri.co.jp>
On Wed, 23 Aug 1995, NIIBE Yutaka wrote:
> First, I don't know if new "optimizing" (or broken?) parrallel port is
> popular or not. (I think that it doesn't conform centronics
> interface.)
I've never heard of one on a PC, though some other machines have used
them in the past. The only type of machine that seems likely to use them
is an old-style laptop; they often had slightly weird peripherals,
supposedly to keep costs low.
Since virtually all new systems seem to ship with 8-bit ports, I doubt
there are many 2-bit ones out there.
> I think, it is not good idea to integrate 2-bit PLIP and 4-bit PLIP
> into the same module and changing the mode on the fly. It may
> convinient for users somewhat, it makes PLIP slower. Alessandro, why
> don't you try to separate 2-bit only PLIP?
I agree. I'd be happy to see two seperate drivers, but I don't think that
enough code will be shared between the two to make it worthwhile keeping
them in the same module.
What I *would* like to see is an 8-bit PLIP implementation, again as a
seperate driver. Does such a beast exist?
--
Philip Blundell <pjb27@cam.ac.uk> phone +44 1223 302522
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