Messages in this thread |  | | From | Ondrej Zary <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH WIP] parport: add device model | Date | Sat, 11 Apr 2015 11:24:35 +0200 |
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On Saturday 11 April 2015 07:05:11 you wrote: > On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 08:24:23PM +0200, Ondrej Zary wrote: > > On Friday 10 April 2015 16:30:38 Sudip Mukherjee wrote: > > > > Many newer parallel port devices support plug&play (IEEE1284 device ID) > > but Linux never supported it properly. The ID is probed and even the > > class is printed in the kernel log (drivers/parport/probe.c) but there's > > no support for module autoloading based on that. > > This could be a good opportunity to add this support. I was thinking > > about this while playing with some parport webcams recently. > > I think yes, or maybe immediately after this updation is over. But the > main problem for me will be to get hold of a plug&play parallel port > device. is any available now? Can you please suggest one other than > webcam so that you can test on webcam and I can test it on something > else.
Most printers produced since 1995 or 1996 are plug&play capable (lp module could be loaded if a printer-class device is found) and also external drives (ZIP, LS-120).
-- Ondrej Zary
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