PCI parallel port card

[Tim Darby]

After playing with various device files, it's looking like this card is just not going to work, at least not without more kernel skills than I have or possibly some imports from FreeBSD.  So, let me ask a different question.  What do you guys use to print to a parallel port printer when your motherboard doesn't have a built-in port?  Can I solve this by using a USB to parallel port converter?

Tim
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Tim Darby <t+dfbsd at timdarby.net> wrote:

I installed an I/O Future PP210 two parallel port PCI card and it's not being recognized (DF 2.9.1 master).  I get this in dmesg:


pci4: <simple comms, parallel port> (vendor 0x9710, dev 0x9865) at device 6.0 irq 7pci4: <simple comms, parallel port> (vendor 0x9710, dev 0x9865) at device 6.2 irq 5


It's based on the NetMOS 9865 chip.  I'm guessing I just need to make an entry for it somewhere and rebuild the kernel (pcidev?).Here's the output of pciconf:


none4 at pci0:4:6:0:	class=0x070103 card=0x2000a000 chip=0x98659710 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00    vendor     = 'MosChip Semiconductors (Was: Netmos Technology)'


    device     = '?? PCI Serial Port X2'    class      = simple comms    subclass   = parallel portnone5 at pci0:4:6:2:	class=0x070103 card=0x2000a000 chip=0x98659710 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00


    vendor     = 'MosChip Semiconductors (Was: Netmos Technology)'    device     = '?? PCI Serial Port X2'    class      = simple comms    subclass   = parallel port


Tim