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diff --git a/usr.sbin/lptcontrol/lptcontrol.8 b/usr.sbin/lptcontrol/lptcontrol.8
index dc6e6ff..9162a99 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/lptcontrol/lptcontrol.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/lptcontrol/lptcontrol.8
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
.\"
.\"
-.\" $Id: lptcontrol.8,v 1.6 1997/09/25 06:36:28 charnier Exp $
+.\" $Id: lptcontrol.8,v 1.7 1998/03/23 08:23:49 charnier Exp $
.Dd September 3, 1994
.Dt LPTCONTROL 8
.Os FreeBSD 2
@@ -23,16 +23,21 @@
.Cm -i
|
.Cm -p
-.Op Fl u Ar unit no
+|
+.Cm -e
+.Op Fl d Ar device
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-command is used to set either the interrupt-driven or polling mode
+command is used to set either the interrupt-driven, extended or polling mode
of individual
.Xr lpt 4
-devices. When a printer is switched between
-interrupt-driven and polled mode, this change will only take effect
+devices. When a printer is switched from
+a mode to another, this change will only take effect
the next time the device is opened.
+.Pp
+Extended mode is anything the parallel port interface can support. For an
+ECP/ISA parallel port, it may be FIFO+DMA or ECP.
.Sh OPTIONS
.TP
The following command line options are supported:
@@ -41,21 +46,23 @@ The following command line options are supported:
Turn on interrupt-driven mode.
.It Fl p
Turn on polled mode.
-.It Fl u Ar n
+.It Fl e
+Turn on extended mode.
+.It Fl d Ar dev
Set the mode of the printer device specified by
-.Em n .
+.Em dev .
The default value for
-.Em n
+.Em dev
is
-.Em 0
-(ie.
-.Pa /dev/lpt0 )
+.Em /dev/lpt0
.El
.Pp
One of
.Fl i
-or
+,
.Fl p
+or
+.Fl e
must be specified.
.Pp
.Sh FILES
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