Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 11:04:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 11:04:17 -0400 Received: from nat-pool-rdu.redhat.com ([66.187.233.200]:27274 "EHLO lacrosse.corp.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 25 Sep 2002 11:04:16 -0400 Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 16:09:15 +0100 From: Tim Waugh To: Greg KH Cc: Steve Underwood , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: USB IEEE1284 gadgets and ppdev Message-ID: <20020925150915.GM9457@redhat.com> References: <3D90831A.7060709@coppice.org> <20020924162130.GE9457@redhat.com> <3D91BF58.8080803@coppice.org> <20020925142757.GL9457@redhat.com> <20020925150129.GC30339@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="6s2ZrHmC7gitT33w" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020925150129.GC30339@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1256 Lines: 40 --6s2ZrHmC7gitT33w Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 08:01:29AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > 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? Well, it would mean that ppdev could use it. I understand that only a few functions of a normal parallel port could be implemented (read, write, get status). Alternatively I suppose I could get libieee1284 to grok /dev/usb/lp*. Steve---would that solve the problem that you're running into? Tim. */ --6s2ZrHmC7gitT33w Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9kdGbtO8Ac4jnUq4RAsizAJ98va3psSXG8WYbtNg/TI/QBYyfGwCfSre6 cinWaEthqfMftrHtbrrWAeQ= =Z+Mb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --6s2ZrHmC7gitT33w-- - 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/