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| author | wilko <wilko@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-05-16 17:43:30 +0000 |
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| committer | wilko <wilko@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-05-16 17:43:30 +0000 |
| commit | af4a057ee0286210d94fa62f921804602a119243 (patch) | |
| tree | a149d7cb9d0caa872d2a5ad6203941fb8a7d6730 /release/texts | |
| parent | 1a0f0d667f40ba738196decf5452b17c658891a5 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-af4a057ee0286210d94fa62f921804602a119243.zip FreeBSD-src-af4a057ee0286210d94fa62f921804602a119243.tar.gz | |
Parallel ports now work on Alpha.
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| -rw-r--r-- | release/texts/alpha/HARDWARE.TXT | 5 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/release/texts/alpha/HARDWARE.TXT b/release/texts/alpha/HARDWARE.TXT index 373d0f7..7659501 100644 --- a/release/texts/alpha/HARDWARE.TXT +++ b/release/texts/alpha/HARDWARE.TXT @@ -134,8 +134,7 @@ Most PCI devices from the PC-world will also work in FreeBSD/alpha PCI-based machines. Check the /sys/alpha/conf/GENERIC file for the latest word on this. -Currently parallel ports do not work on FreeBSD/alpha. The driver needs -work to make this happen. +Parallel printer ports work on FreeBSD/alpha starting with 4.0-stable. For Alpha CPUs you will find multiple versions. The original Alpha design is the 21064. It was produced in a chip process called MOS4, @@ -1307,8 +1306,6 @@ is built-in on for example Multia is reported to be not usable with FreeBSD. - serial ports: the 'PC standard' serial ports found on most Alphas are supported. For TurboChannel machines the serial ports are also supported. -- parallel ports: are not currently supported on FreeBSD/alpha - - ISDN (i4b): is not supported on FreeBSD/alpha - multimedia: is not really supported on FreeBSD/alpha but work is underway |
