EPC port on Toshiba satellite 1401-410

[menno]

Someone seen this problem : On this toshiba during loading the parport_pc failed . It say that some parameter are incorrect . So you have no lp0 port .
I try this with 1.09 . With other version 2.14 it loads but you have no access to /dev/lp0 . Also the lspc dosn't give a name to it .
The chipset is a 82801 CAM LPC and have a ID 8086:248a (brigde) and 8086:248c for the EPC port .
Is there a solution to this problem ?

[Gn2]

PCI (Peripheral Component bus Interface) is primarily related to bus connected devices -
NOT (IBM compatible standards) parport data throughput
PCI
So the lspci utility is not configured to output parport use

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 man lspci

( Before some @!!## tries to spout idiosyncratic : False command kiddy comments:)

Please NOTE > Puppy may not have full lspci CLI specs.

What does your BIOS contain for your parport options !

Resource flags, & modes: PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,ECP,DMA etc etc
PARPORT
NOTE the diagnostic in above URL

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dmesg|grep parport

NOTE : /dev/lp, 0, .1 etal are "character" devices

If I.E. a printer is plugged into the parport outlet, power turned on:

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tail /var/log/mess*

will output system events
By same method, the status of a printer & parport state may be seen:

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 lpc (enter)
status (enter)
 q (quit)

[menno]

i try something first 1.0.9 . this this not automaticly detect the parport .
when i load it by hand (io 378 nor 278) dmesg tells that no hardware is found .

trying with 2.12 it tells
parport:PnPBios parport detected
after that it tells :
lp: driver loaded but no device found .

And how to go further ?

[Gn2]

Then version 1.09 is not properly detecting hardware

What is to be used via the parport ?

As noted, "lp" is a character block device (an interface to a file system >
accessed on whatever is using the parallel port)

0x278 or 0x378 are optional memory resource locations used by Bios for data in <>out transfer
Works in much the same manner as accessing the O/System file system

If nothing is using the port at moment - no hardware will be found.