Re: [systemd-devel] udev rules for MCS7715 USB-attached parallel port

[Lennart Poettering]

On Tue, 23.02.16 17:12, Alex Henrie (alexhenri...@gmail.com) wrote:

> 2016-02-22 7:15 GMT-07:00 Lennart Poettering :
> > On Sun, 21.02.16 15:26, Alex Henrie (alexhenri...@gmail.com) wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I recently bought an MCS7715 USB-attached parallel port,[1] but there
> >> seem to be a couple of problems using it with Linux:
> >>
> >> 1. The lp, parport, and parport_pc kernel modules are not loaded when
> >> the device is plugged in.
> >
> > AFAIK parport_pc is the driver for old built-in parallel ports, it
> > it not used f you have a USB paralell port adapter.
> 
> OK. Still, at minimum lp needs to be loaded when the USB parallel port
> adapter is plugged in.
> 
> >> 2. After manually loading the kernel modules, /dev/lp0 is not deleted
> >> when the device is unplugged.
> >
> > /dev/lp0 is also the old built-in parallel port. USB printers and
> > parallel ports show up as /dev/usb/lp0 or so..
> 
> When I plug in the device, /dev/lp0 appears; /dev/usb/lp0 does not.
> Furthermore, when I unplug and plug it back in, /dev/lp1 appears
> alongside /dev/lp0. A third time and I have /dev/lp0, /dev/lp1, and
> /dev/lp2.
> 
> Are you sure that this is not a udev rules bug? If it isn't, where
> should I report it?

Well, parallel ports are somewhat legacy, it'll be hard to find
somebody to fix this for you...

Generally, the lp hookup in udev rules is pretty minimal, the primary
work has to be done in the kernel modules to expose in the modalias
metadata when they want to be loaded, and via the kernel driver model
which device nodes they want.

Lennart

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Re: [systemd-devel] udev rules for MCS7715 USB-attached parallel port

[Alex Henrie]

2016-02-22 7:15 GMT-07:00 Lennart Poettering :
> On Sun, 21.02.16 15:26, Alex Henrie (alexhenri...@gmail.com) wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I recently bought an MCS7715 USB-attached parallel port,[1] but there
>> seem to be a couple of problems using it with Linux:
>>
>> 1. The lp, parport, and parport_pc kernel modules are not loaded when
>> the device is plugged in.
>
> AFAIK parport_pc is the driver for old built-in parallel ports, it
> it not used f you have a USB paralell port adapter.

OK. Still, at minimum lp needs to be loaded when the USB parallel port
adapter is plugged in.

>> 2. After manually loading the kernel modules, /dev/lp0 is not deleted
>> when the device is unplugged.
>
> /dev/lp0 is also the old built-in parallel port. USB printers and
> parallel ports show up as /dev/usb/lp0 or so..

When I plug in the device, /dev/lp0 appears; /dev/usb/lp0 does not.
Furthermore, when I unplug and plug it back in, /dev/lp1 appears
alongside /dev/lp0. A third time and I have /dev/lp0, /dev/lp1, and
/dev/lp2.

Are you sure that this is not a udev rules bug? If it isn't, where
should I report it?

-Alex
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Re: [systemd-devel] udev rules for MCS7715 USB-attached parallel port

[Lennart Poettering]

On Sun, 21.02.16 15:26, Alex Henrie (alexhenri...@gmail.com) wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I recently bought an MCS7715 USB-attached parallel port,[1] but there
> seem to be a couple of problems using it with Linux:
> 
> 1. The lp, parport, and parport_pc kernel modules are not loaded when
> the device is plugged in.

AFAIK parport_pc is the driver for old built-in parallel ports, it
it not used f you have a USB paralell port adapter.

> 2. After manually loading the kernel modules, /dev/lp0 is not deleted
> when the device is unplugged.

/dev/lp0 is also the old built-in parallel port. USB printers and
parallel ports show up as /dev/usb/lp0 or so..

Lennart

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[systemd-devel] udev rules for MCS7715 USB-attached parallel port

[Alex Henrie]

Hi,

I recently bought an MCS7715 USB-attached parallel port,[1] but there
seem to be a couple of problems using it with Linux:

1. The lp, parport, and parport_pc kernel modules are not loaded when
the device is plugged in.
2. After manually loading the kernel modules, /dev/lp0 is not deleted
when the device is unplugged.

I'm using a fully updated copy of Arch Linux. Aren't the default udev
rules supposed to handle stuff like this? Could I send one of these
devices to you for you to debug?

-Alex

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