Re: In search of Parallel and serial cards for Openserver 6 - worked!
From: Dan Sadaka (SLEELS_at_DD.COM)
Date: 09/30/05
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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 12:09:52 -0400
John DuBois wrote:
> In article <hchZe.522$yl.491@bignews1.bellsouth.net>,
> Boss <ken@keysey.net> wrote:
>
>>I have already tried two PCI parallel ports and neither are recognized
>>by the OS. A hw -r pci report shows one as a "Simple communications
>>controller" and the other as a "Simple 16550 controller" which are
>>wrong. 16550, after all, is a serial UART chip.
>>
>>Has anyone tried a 1 or 2 port serial, a 1 port parallel or a combo PCI
>>card with OSR6.
>
>
> PCI parallel ports aren't currently automatically recognized in OSR6 (it's
> being worked on). When they are, the above cards aren't going to work. You
> will need a PCI parallel card that is reported as
>
> 0x70101=Simple communications controller - Bi-directional parallel port
>
> The only one I have on hand is a Lava board. If you do have such a board, you
> may be able to get it to work without an update. In hw output, a resmgr key
> should be included. You can try this:
>
> /sbin/resmgr -k resmgr-key-number -p "MODNAME IPL" -v "mfpd 5"
>
> Then unload & load the drivers:
>
> modadmin -U lp mfpd && modadmin -l mfpd lp
>
> If the port is recognized & works, you can make the above persistent across
> system boots by updating the mfpd sdevice file:
>
> /etc/conf/bin/idconfupdate -f
>
> This isn't ideal, because it locks the port to a particular interrupt & base
> address, so if you make any PCI changes (adding/moving/removing *any* board in
> the system) you may need to redo it.
>
> The only 1 or 2 port PCI serial board currently supported is the Connect Tech
> Blue Heat/PCI2. See the CHWP for a complete listing.
>
> John
John,
We have this working now thanks to you.
We used an SIIG PCI parallel card (model LP-P01011-S5). Note this is a
low-profile (2U?) card but it's what we had so we changed the mounting
plate on it to make it work in a "regular" tower case. Don't fret
though because there is a dual-profile version of this card too. (model
JJ-P01211-S5)
At first it didn't work. It was sharing IRQ 11 with the 3COM card. We
moved it to another slot, which changed the IRQ to 10 and it worked fine
after that.
BTW, this card did not identify itself as a "
Simple communications controller - Bi-directional parallel port"
but simply a
"Simple communications controller"
Thanks-a-bunch.
-D
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