5.1-R plip0 issue (BSD --> Linux)

From: falacy (fbsdfalacy_at_shaw.ca)
Date: 11/22/03

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    Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 02:05:31 +0000
To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org

    Hello all,

    Seems that I am unable to do a few a things with the TCP/IP over parallel that
    I would like to. I have setup my laptop using a linux-linux combo and it
    pings just nicely, so I know that a plip connection will work on the hardware
    once I figure it out. Here are my issues,

    There isn't a plip0 device node in /dev, but
    device ppc
    device ppbus # Parallel port bus (required)
    device lpt # Printer
    device plip # TCP/IP over parallel
    device ppi # Parallel port interface device
    are called in my kernel config. This is rather disturbing.
     
    This seems to be the real issue. I went through the handbook and used the 4.x
    method to setup the parallel port connection, using the lp0 device node, but
    that simply does not work in 5.1 apperently. I have not had any luck creating
    a plip0 device node to use either, as the HB only states the 4.x method to
    creating device nodes.

    I also understand that use plip (called lp0) with linux under freeBSD 4.x,
    freeBSD needed to have 'ifconfig_lp0 link0' called, but I am not sure if this
    is the case for the plip0 too (in freeBSD 5.1). Nor, in either case, am I
    sure where I would call link0....

    My setup in /etc/rc.conf looks like this (and would work in 4.x from what I
    have read),

    interfaces="lo0 xl0 lp0"
    ifconfig_xl0="inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xffff0000"
    ifconfig_lp0="inet 192.168.1.5 192.168.1.9 netmask 0xffffff00"

    Can we find a way to make this system work with 5.1? Quite frankly, I'm at my
    wits end when it comes to this. I like FreeBSD, but if I can't figure this
    out, it would be well worth my while to just go back to slackware, I guess. I
    don't really want to do that however :)

    Thanks in advance,
    Rob.

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