On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 08:00:38PM +0200, Jonathan Schleifer wrote: > Sviatoslav Chagaev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yes, I even wrote a program which "talks" with the device directly, > > with the help of inb()/outb(). > > I doubt you could use inb/outb in OpenBSD. The kernel will prevent that. > Just talk with the device in /dev directly - there is really no need to > write a driver. OpenBSD already has an LPT driver that gives access to > it to the userland, so why reinvent the wheel here?
Because he can? Because it is fun? Because he wants to learn? I can come up with another few of those. Writing drivers is a ton of fun.
