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author | nsouch <nsouch@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-02-14 12:06:16 +0000 |
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committer | nsouch <nsouch@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-02-14 12:06:16 +0000 |
commit | 27a54e2a9c62ef42f767684a38824d3be810885b (patch) | |
tree | 1157a0cd1eac9465855e5d689f6bd147c367464b | |
parent | ad25a63490d03422a17b52c5f4e7bd3560da9dcc (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-27a54e2a9c62ef42f767684a38824d3be810885b.zip FreeBSD-src-27a54e2a9c62ef42f767684a38824d3be810885b.tar.gz |
Create new lpt manpage with ppbus info and the original lpt info.
Fix lp.4 ppbus terminology.
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/Makefile | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/lpt.4 | 103 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/man4.i386/lp.4 | 19 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/plip.4 | 71 |
4 files changed, 115 insertions, 82 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/Makefile b/share/man/man4/Makefile index 2e73013..39dd5a2 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/Makefile +++ b/share/man/man4/Makefile @@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ MAN4= bpf.4 bridge.4 ccd.4 cd.4 ch.4 da.4 ddb.4 divert.4 drum.4 \ dummynet.4 fd.4 fpa.4 \ icmp.4 ifmib.4 iic.4 iicbb.4 iicbus.4 iicsmb.4 \ inet.4 intpm.4 intro.4 ip.4 ipfirewall.4 \ - lkm.4 lo.4 lpbb.4 natm.4 netintro.4 \ - null.4 od.4 pass.4 plip.4 ppbus.4 ppi.4 ppp.4 pt.4 pty.4 \ + lkm.4 lo.4 lpbb.4 lpt.4 natm.4 netintro.4 \ + null.4 od.4 pass.4 ppbus.4 ppi.4 ppp.4 pt.4 pty.4 \ route.4 sa.4 scsi.4 \ sd.4 sl.4 smb.4 smbus.4 smp.4 snp.4 sppp.4 ssc.4 st.4 su.4 tcp.4 \ ttcp.4 termios.4 tty.4 tun.4 udp.4 uk.4 update.4 unix.4 vinum.4 vn.4 \ diff --git a/share/man/man4/lpt.4 b/share/man/man4/lpt.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5b08cbe --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/lpt.4 @@ -0,0 +1,103 @@ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1993 Christopher G. Demetriou +.\" Copyright (c) 1994 Geoffrey M. Rehmet +.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Nicolas Souchu +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" +.Dd February 14, 1999 +.Dt LPT 4 +.Os FreeBSD +.Sh NAME +.Nm lpt +.Nd +Generic printer device driver +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "controller ppbus" +.Cd "device lpt at ppbus?" +.Pp +.Cd "controller ppc0 at isa? port" \&"IO_LPT1\&" tty irq 7 +.Cd "controller ppc1 at isa? port" \&"IO_LPT2\&" tty irq 7 +.Cd "controller ppc2 at isa? port" \&"IO_LPT3\&" tty irq 7 +.Pp +For BIOS-probed ports: +.Cd "controller ppc0 at isa? port? tty irq 7" +.Pp +For polled ports: +.Cd "controller ppc0 at isa? port? tty" +.Cd "controller ppc1 at isa? port" \&"IO_LPT2\&" tty +.Pp +For DMA capable parallel port: +.Cd "controller ppc0 at isa? port? tty irq 7 drq 1" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The current +.Em lpt +driver is the port of the original lpt driver to the +.Xr ppbus 4 +system. +.Pp +One purpose of this port was to allow parallel port sharing with other +parallel devices. Secondly, inb()/outb() calls have been replaced by ppbus +function calls. lpt is now arch-independent thanks to the ppbus interface. See +.Xr ppbus 4 +for more info about the ppbus system. +.Pp +The parallel port bus is allocated by lpt when the printer device is opened +and released only when the transfer is completed: either when the device +is closed or when the entire buffer is sent in interrupt driven mode. +.Pp +The driver can be configured to be either interrupt-driven, or +to poll the printer. Ports that are configured to be +interrupt-driven can be switched to polled mode by using the +.Xr lptcontrol 8 +command. +.Pp +Depending on your hardware, extended capabilities may be configured with the +.Xr lptcontrol 8 +command (use the -e option). With an ECP/ISA port, you can take advantage +of FIFO and DMA. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr ppbus 4 , +.Xr lptcontrol 8 +.Sh HISTORY +This driver replaces the functionality of the lpa +driver, which is now defunct. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width Pa -compact +.It Pa /dev/lpt0 +first parallel port driver +.El +.Sh BUGS +There are lots of them, especially in cheap parallel port implementations. +.Pp +It is only possible to open a lpt port when a printer is connected and +on-line, making it impossible to run +.Xr lptcontrol 8 +when there is no printer connected. +.Pp +Please, ensure the +.Xr ppc 4 +entry in you MACHINE file has the tty interrupt mask. +.Pp +This driver could still stand a rewrite. diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/lp.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/lp.4 index 620b92a..6f7a1cd 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/man4.i386/lp.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/man4.i386/lp.4 @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $Id: lp.4,v 1.7 1998/10/22 14:12:55 bde Exp $ +.\" $Id: lp.4,v 1.8 1999/02/10 02:45:05 des Exp $ .\" .Dd March 4, 1996 .Os @@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ .Nm ifconfig lp0 .Ar myaddress hisaddress .Op Fl link0 +.Pp +.Cd "controller ppbus0" .Cd "device plip0 at ppbus?" +.Cd "controller ppc0 at isa? port? net irq 7 .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm @@ -54,20 +57,18 @@ input: hence there is no requirement for special bidirectional hardware and any standard AT-compatible printer port with working interrupts may be used. .Pp During the boot process, for each -.Nm ppc +.Nm plip device which is probed and has an interrupt assigned, a corresponding -.Nm -network device is created. Available devices are announced with a message -such as: -.Dl lp0: TCP/IP capable interface +.Nm network +device is created. .Pp Configuring an -.Nm +.Nm lp device with .Xr ifconfig 8 causes the corresponding -.Nm ppc -device to be reserved for PLIP until the network interface is configured 'down'. +.Nm parallel port bus +to be reserved for PLIP until the network interface is configured 'down'. .Pp The communication protocol is selected by the .Cm link0 diff --git a/share/man/man4/plip.4 b/share/man/man4/plip.4 deleted file mode 100644 index 63674ad..0000000 --- a/share/man/man4/plip.4 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,71 +0,0 @@ -.\" Copyright (c) 1998, Nicolas Souchu -.\" All rights reserved. -.\" -.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without -.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions -.\" are met: -.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. -.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the -.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. -.\" -.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND -.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE -.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE -.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE -.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL -.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS -.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) -.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT -.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY -.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF -.\" SUCH DAMAGE. -.\" -.\" -.Dd March 5, 1998 -.Dt PLIP 4 -.Os FreeBSD -.Sh NAME -.Nm plip -.Nd -Parallel port network interface -.Sh SYNOPSIS -.Cd "device plip at ppbus?" -.Sh DESCRIPTION -The -.Em plip -driver is the port of the -.Xr lp 4 -driver to the -.Xr ppbus 4 -system. -.Pp -One purpose of this port is to allow parallel port sharing with other -parallel devices. Parallel port bus allocation has been added to the original -.Xr lp 4 -driver. Secondly, inb()/outb() calls have been replaced by ppbus function -calls. plip is now arch-independent thanks to the ppbus interface. See -.Xr ppbus 4 -for more info about the ppbus system. -.Pp -The ppbus is allocated when the parallel network interface comes up, then -released when the interface goes down. Consequently, the parallel port bus -is unavailable to other devices when the network interface is up. plip is -interrupt driven and needs to own the bus to receive parallel port interrupts. -.Pp -Please, ensure the -.Xr ppc 4 -entry in you MACHINE file has the net interrupt level... -.Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr ppbus 4 , -.Xr lp 4 , -.Sh HISTORY -The -.Nm -manual page first appeared in -.Fx 3.0 . -.Sh AUTHOR -This -manual page was written by -.An Nicolas Souchu . |