Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933064AbbDKJYr (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Apr 2015 05:24:47 -0400 Received: from smtp-1.atlantis.sk ([92.240.247.91]:33216 "EHLO smtp-1.atlantis.sk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754939AbbDKJYq (ORCPT ); Sat, 11 Apr 2015 05:24:46 -0400 From: Ondrej Zary To: Sudip Mukherjee Subject: Re: [PATCH WIP] parport: add device model Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 11:24:35 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 (enterprise35 0.20100827.1168748) Cc: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, dan.carpenter@oracle.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <1428676238-17141-1-git-send-email-sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com> <201504102024.24220.linux@rainbow-software.org> <20150411050511.GB3496@sudip-PC> In-Reply-To: <20150411050511.GB3496@sudip-PC> X-KMail-QuotePrefix: > MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <201504111124.35691.linux@rainbow-software.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1317 Lines: 28 On Saturday 11 April 2015 07:05:11 you wrote: > On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 08:24:23PM +0200, Ondrej Zary wrote: > > On Friday 10 April 2015 16:30:38 Sudip Mukherjee wrote: > > > > Many newer parallel port devices support plug&play (IEEE1284 device ID) > > but Linux never supported it properly. The ID is probed and even the > > class is printed in the kernel log (drivers/parport/probe.c) but there's > > no support for module autoloading based on that. > > This could be a good opportunity to add this support. I was thinking > > about this while playing with some parport webcams recently. > > I think yes, or maybe immediately after this updation is over. But the > main problem for me will be to get hold of a plug&play parallel port > device. is any available now? Can you please suggest one other than > webcam so that you can test on webcam and I can test it on something > else. Most printers produced since 1995 or 1996 are plug&play capable (lp module could be loaded if a printer-class device is found) and also external drives (ZIP, LS-120). -- Ondrej Zary -- 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/