Create new lpt manpage with ppbus info and the original lpt info.

Fix lp.4 ppbus terminology.

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+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1993 Christopher G. Demetriou
+.\" Copyright (c) 1994 Geoffrey M. Rehmet
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Nicolas Souchu
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+.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 Secondly, inb()/outb() calls have been replaced by ppbus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.