has this been reported to intel? perhaps they can fix it with their next firmware
On 20/10/10 05:19, Kent A. Reed wrote: > Gentle persons: > > I've been away from home and mostly away from the keyboard as well. > > I returned to find the string of recent messages from/to Don Stanley > regarding the failure of his Intel D510MO board to work in the Enhanced > Parallel Port (EPP) mode. > > To quote a friend from Leeds, I was gobsmacked. I had run a quick series > of tests on this board before I built it into a non-CNC project and I > thought it worked fine. > > I pulled the board out of service and have now replicated Don's experience. > > The on-board BIOS Utility (selected via F2 during boot) allows me to > change the peripheral settings to disable the parallel port or to enable > it in output-only, bi-directional, epp, or ecp modes, and retains the > selection between boots, so I naively thought everything was fine. > > It turns out the BIOS isn't fine. Yes, the BIOS can disable the port, > but no matter what enabled setting is selected, Linux, once booted, > reports the port is actually running in PC Standard Parallel Port > (PCSPP) mode. > > Using Google, I found a relevant report on pubsub.com dated April 2010: > > ---begin pubsub report--- > > "I would like to report an ACPI/PNP Bios problem which prevents the > correct detection of all parallel port parameters. > > I've patched the latest BIOS (MOPNV10J.86A.0175) onto the system, but > still neither Linux nor Windows are able to detect the correct parallel > port setting and will only operate in compatibility, unidirectional > PCSPP mode. This is very unfortunate, because some hardware > (purposely-built stuff and some old scanner/streamer too) still rely on > this type of interface. > > The reason for this screwup is pretty simple to spot. The BIOS does not > generate the necessary ACPI/PNP0401 entry, once the parallel port mode > is set to ECP. Instead, it continues to report a simple PNP0400 device. > This in turn will force the operating system to operate parallel port > interface in "1980 mode". > > ---end pubsub report--- > > Since my D510MO came with BIOS version MOPNV10J.86A.0175.2010.0308.0620 > already installed, I tried flashing it to what is now the latest BIOS > version available on the Intel website, MOPNV10.J.86A.0311.2010.0802.2346. > > No joy. The bios continues to misreport the parallel port setting to the > system. > > This is not a fatal problem for me because several computers ago I > bought a no-name PCI card with an EPP/ECP parallel port on it (not based > on a netmos 9805!) that I can press into service. > > However, I apologize to Don and others for my repeated endorsement on > this mail list of this board. I should have reported exactly what I had > done with the board so that he and others could see what functions I had > failed to test. Don didn't deserve to be put through the ringer on this. > > I suppose I could try to argue lamely that the predecessor board from > Intel, the D945GCLF2, didn't have this problem, but honestly, I just > didn't think, or at least not fast enough. > > Remember what the Gipper said, "trust but verify." > > Regards, > Kent > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download new Adobe(R) Flash(R) Builder(TM) 4 > The new Adobe(R) Flex(R) 4 and Flash(R) Builder(TM) 4 (formerly > Flex(R) Builder(TM)) enable the development of rich applications that run > across multiple browsers and platforms. Download your free trials today! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
