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author | nsouch <nsouch@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-01-10 12:04:56 +0000 |
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committer | nsouch <nsouch@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-01-10 12:04:56 +0000 |
commit | 88ae26fef69887203a871fca927f456a66c2cad4 (patch) | |
tree | 9e8c963e572bd5f141fcfc50127d8185cf16e87c /share/man/man4/ppbus.4 | |
parent | 44bde66cb074ad8bc5cdb36460c6ef9f4628ea69 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-88ae26fef69887203a871fca927f456a66c2cad4.zip FreeBSD-src-88ae26fef69887203a871fca927f456a66c2cad4.tar.gz |
Major ppbus commit with:
+ ECP parallel port chipset FIFO detection
+ DMA+FIFO parallel I/O handled as chipset specific
+ nlpt updated in order to use the above enhanced parallel I/O.
Use 'lptcontrol -e' to use enhanced I/O
+ Various options documented in LINT
+ Full IEEE1284 NIBBLE and BYTE modes support. See ppbus(4) for
an overview of the IEEE1284 standard
+ Detection of PnP parallel devices at boot
+ Read capability added to nlpt driver to get IEEE1284 compliant
printer status with a simple 'cat /dev/lpt0'
+ IEEE1284 peripheral emulation added to BYTE mode. Two computers
may dialog according to IEEE1284 signaling method.
See PERIPH_1284 option and /sys/dev/ppbus/ppi.c
All this code is supposed to provide basic functions for IEEE1284 programming.
ppi.c and nlpt.c may act as examples.
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man4/ppbus.4')
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/ppbus.4 b/share/man/man4/ppbus.4 index d265dbc..74a06bd 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/ppbus.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/ppbus.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" Copyright (c) 1998, Nicolas Souchu +.\" Copyright (c) 1998, 1999 Nicolas Souchu .\" All rights reserved. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without @@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ Parallel port bus system .Cd "device nlpt0 at ppbus?" .Cd "device plip0 at ppbus?" .Cd "device ppi0 at ppbus?" +.Cd "device pps0 at ppbus?" +.Cd "device lpbb0 at ppbus?" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Em ppbus @@ -68,6 +70,8 @@ and non-standard software: .It Sy vpo Ta "VPI0 parallel to Adaptec AIC-7110 SCSI controller driver." It uses standard and non-standard parallel port accesses .It Sy ppi Ta "Parallel port interface for general I/O" +.It Sy pps Ta "Pulse per second Timing Interface" +.It Sy lpbb Ta "Philips official parallel port I2C bit-banging interface" .El .Ss Porting existing drivers .Pp @@ -155,6 +159,50 @@ standard parallel port. Some manufacturers, like SMC, have implemented chipsets that support mixed modes. With such chipsets, mode switching is available at any time by accessing the extended control register. +.Sh IEEE1284-1994 Standard +.Ss Background +This standard is also named "IEEE Standard Signaling Method for a +Bidirectional Parallel Peripheral Interface for Personal Computers". It +defines a signaling method for asynchroneous, fully interlocked, bidirectional +parallel communications between hosts and printers or other peripherals. It +also specifies a format for a peripheral identification string and a method of +returning this string to the host outside of the bidirectional data stream. +.Pp +This standard is architecture independent and only specifiy dialog handshake +at signal level. One should refer to any architecture specific document in +order to manipulate machine dependent registers, mapped memory or whatelse +to control these signals. +.Pp +The IEEE1284 protocol is fully oriented with all supported parallel port +modes. The computer acts as master and the peripheral as slave. +.Pp +Any transfer is defined as a finite state automate. It allows software to +properly manage the fully interlocked scheme of the signaling method. +The compatible mode is supported "as is" without any negociation because it +is compatible. Any other mode must be firstly negociated by the host to check +it is supported by the peripheral, then to enter one of the forward idle +states. +.Pp +At any time, the slave may want to send data to the host. This is only +possible from forward idle states (nibble, byte, ecp...). So, the +host must have previously negociated to permit the peripheral to +request transfer. Interrupt lines may be dedicated to the requesting signals +to prevent time consuming polling methods. +.Pp +But peripheral requests are only a hint to the master host. If the host +accepts the transfer, it must firstly negociate the reverse mode and then +starts the transfer. At any time during reverse transfer, the host may +terminate the transfer or the slave may drive wires to signal that no more +data is available. +.Ss Implementation +IEEE1284 Standard support has been implemented at the top of the ppbus system +as a set of procedures that perform high level functions like negociation, +termination, transfer in any mode without bothering you with low level +caracteristics of the stantdard. +.Pp +IEEE1284 interacts with the ppbus system as least as possible. That means +you still have to request the ppbus when you want to access it, the negociate +function doesn't do it for you. And of course, release it later. .Sh ARCHITECTURE .Ss adapter, ppbus and device layers First, there is the |