Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 10:57:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 10:57:29 -0400 Received: from 12-231-242-11.client.attbi.com ([12.231.242.11]:23048 "HELO kroah.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 10:57:29 -0400 Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 08:01:29 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Tim Waugh Cc: Steve Underwood , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: USB IEEE1284 gadgets and ppdev Message-ID: <20020925150129.GC30339@kroah.com> References: <3D90831A.7060709@coppice.org> <20020924162130.GE9457@redhat.com> <3D91BF58.8080803@coppice.org> <20020925142757.GL9457@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020925142757.GL9457@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 990 Lines: 24 On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 03:27:57PM +0100, Tim Waugh wrote: > On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 09:51:20PM +0800, Steve Underwood wrote: > > > As far as I can tell there are only two USB drivers for USB-to-IEEE1284 > > devices - USS720 for the USS720 device, and usblp for everything else. > > Is usblp supposed to hook into ppdev? Is there some other device driver > > I missed? > > Not into ppdev; into parport. It ought to use > parport_register_port. (It doesn't, currently.) I understand that the uss720 driver should register with parport, as it is a USB to parallel port adapter, but the usblp driver should not, as it is just a pass-through to a printer. Do you see any advantage to having usblp registering with parport? thanks, greg k-h - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/