This is what my experince has been with bpck-fdc.o.
First trying to tell bpck-fdc the address and irq is pointless
and it will not use them even if you give it them.
Instead bpck-fdc.o seems to use the address and irq given
to parport_pc. This is what my conf.modules looks like
with respect to the tape drive and parellel port:
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7 dma=3
alias char-major-27 zftape
options ftape ft_fdc_driver=bpck-fdc,none,none,none ft_tracings=3,3,3,3
options bpck-fdc ft_fdc_parport=0 ft_fdc_threshold=15
ft_fdc_rate_limit=4000
pre-install ftape-internal /sbin/swapout 15
This is what I am useing for my ditto max, even though I seem to
have got the the parellel port to work I still have problems.
That being, I seem to be able to backup to tape with no problem.
But when I go to do a verify it gets slower and slower, then
about an hour into it, it gives me an "I/O error while reading from
tape".
This I have yet to figure out, if any one has any clues, please
let me know.
Jim,
Tarkus Treinen wrote:
>
> OK, I finally managed to get ftape compiled. now I can use the modules
> "ftape.o", "zftape.o" and "bpck-fdc.o". That are the only ones needed for my
> Ditto. ftape and zftape load ok, without any errors. Then comes bpck-fdc. If
> I specify the wrong base address, it says, that it got a bad response. If I
> specify the right base address, it says, that it read the right response
> (0x40, I think). Then it tries to probe the IRQ, I think, but it fails on
> that and prints "no irq found". This also happens, if I specify an IRQ with
> insmod. I also tried to "echo "7" > /dev/parport/0/irq", but that had no
> effect on the probing. When my kernel starts up, it detects the ParaPort on
> 0x278, but doesn't print an IRQ. I think, the problem is, that my parport
> doesn't have an irq?!? In my BIOS, I can enter the base address and type
> (SPP, ECP, ECP+EPP), but no irq.
> Anybody with the same problem, or anybody who has a clue? Using the
> trakker.o-module was even worse. bpck should work, but how can I convince
> him to use an irq?
> Thanks a bunch!!
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