I need some help getting my board that provides 2 additional parallel ports
working.
The installation instructions with the board:
Installation Guide for PCI Parallel Ports
This installation guide describes the procedure to install the Nm9705CV,
Nm9735CV, Nm9805CV, Nm9815CV, Nm9835CV, Nm9755CV PCI parallel ports in Linux
platform.
Linux kernel provide a 'parport' code to support parallel port (/dev/lp0,
/dev/lp1, /dev/lp2). This code provides the ability to share one port between
multiple devices. And it is loadable when kernel is running.
The 'parport' code is split into two parts : generic (which deals with port
sharing) and architecture-dependent eg. X86, SPARC. (which deals with actually
using the port). Thus, please take the following steps to install 'parport'
module!
Check the on-board parallel port's hardware resources
Most likely each motherboard has a built-in parallel port. And its hardware
resources are settable with BIOS utility.
Enter the command more /proc/pci
The response is similar to the following
Bus 0, Device 11, function 0:
Serial controller : Unknown vendor Unknown device (rev
01).
Vendor id=9710, Device id=9705
Device id=9735
Device id=9805
Device id=9815
Device id=9835
Device id=9855
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 11
Board with Nm9705CV part
I/O at 0xc000 [0xc001] printer port
0xc008 [0xc009] ECP/EPP config registers
Board with Nm9735CV part
I/O at 0xc000 [0xc001] not used
0xc008 [0xc009] not used
0xc010 [0xc011] printer port
0xc018 [0xc019] ECP/EPP config registers
Board with Nm9805CV part
I/O at 0xc000 [0xc001] printer port
I/O at 0xc400 [0xc401] ECP/EPP config registers
I/O at 0xc800 [0xc801] not used
I/O at 0xd000 [0xd001] not used
I/O at 0xd400 [0xd401] not used
I/O at 0xd800 [0xd801] not used
Install 'parport' module
To load the generic 'parport' code
Type insmod parport.o
To load the architecture-dependent code to tell 'parport' code
insmod parport_pc.o io=0x378,0xc000,0xc800
irq=7, irq=11, none
or
insmod parport_pc.o io=0x378,0xc000,0xc800
irq=7,11,none
You have three PC-style ports, one at 0x378 with IRQ 7, one at
0xc000 with IRQ11, one at 0xc800 with no IRQ.
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So when I issue the command I get:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ more /proc/pci
/proc/pci: No such file or directory
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
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Note that after they issued the command "more /proc/pci" the system apparently
returned the addresses it needed to be entered in the subseqent commands. In
their example they show the 3 parallell port addresses as 0x378, 0xc000, and
0xc800. It looks as though my system needs to tell me what address it is going
to use need to determine the proper addresses in order to get this thing
installed. I then did:
System>Administration>Device Manager
In the window that comes up under 8201 PCI Bridge I see PCI 9815 Multi-I/O
Controller (This is my board).
Under the Advance Tab I see:
info.bus strlist pci
info.parent strlist
/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_244e
info. product strlist PCI 9815 Multi-I/O Controller
info.udi strlist
/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_9710_9815
info.vendor strlist /NetMos Technology
linuxl.hotplug_type int 1 (0x1)
linux.suvsystem strlist pci
linux.sysfs_path strlist
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:001e.0/0000:02:0a.0
linux.sysfs_path_device strlist
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:001e.0/0000:02:0a.0
pci.device_class int 7 (0x7)
pci.device_protocol int 0 (0x0)
pci.device_subclass int 128 (0x80)
pci.linux.sysfs_path strlist
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:001e.0/0000:02:0a.0
pci.product strlist PCI 9815 Multi-I/O Controller
pci.product_id int 38933 (0x9815)
pci.subsys_product strlist 2POS (2 port parallel adapter)
pci.subsys_product_id int 32 (0x20)
pci.subsys_vendor strlist LSI Logic / Symbios Logic
pci.vendor_id int 4096 (0x1000)
pci.vendor strlist NetMos Technology
pci.vendor_id int 38672 (0x9710)
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I hope that with the above information that someone maybe able to determine what
I must do in order to get things going in my system.
Jack Ensor
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