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Problem with Parallel-Port

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    blastkiller
    last edited by Nov 8, 2010, 1:35 PM

    Hi

    I have a Kontron 986LCD-mITX Mainboard and i can´t install pfsense on HD with Parallel-Port Support. In /dev i have no lp0 or something that indicates the Parallel Port. When i boot from Ubuntu Live-CD i have lp0. Someone an Idea why i don´t have it with pfsense ?

    Thanks

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      Cry Havok
      last edited by Nov 8, 2010, 9:01 PM

      It's highly likely that the module isn't included since there's no good use for a parallel port on a firewall.

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        wallabybob
        last edited by Nov 8, 2010, 9:33 PM

        I have disabled the parallel port in the BIOS on my pfSense system so I can't readily check this in the startup output, but my recollection is that the kernel includes a driver (plip) to use the parallel port as a network interface. See http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=plip&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+8.1-RELEASE&format=html for more information.

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          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by Nov 10, 2010, 9:06 AM

          There isn't an actual physical port on my box but the chipset has a parallel port and it's recognised no problem.
          I'm running 1.2.3-release embedded.
          From dmesg.boot

          
          ppc0: <parallel port="">at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
          ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
          ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/9 bytes threshold</parallel> 
          

          Steve

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            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
            last edited by Nov 10, 2010, 2:15 PM

            It's there on my 2.0 box. Not sure if that was left in for 1.2.3 or not.

            ppc0: <parallel port="">port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on acpi0
            ppc0: Generic chipset (EPP/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
            ppc0: [ITHREAD]
            ppbus0: <parallel port="" bus="">on ppc0
            plip0: <plip network="" interface="">on ppbus0
            lpt0: <printer>on ppbus0</printer></plip></parallel></parallel> 
            
            crw-------  1 root  wheel    0,  52 Oct 26 15:42 /dev/lpt0
            crw-------  1 root  wheel    0,  53 Oct 26 15:42 /dev/lpt0.ctl
            

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              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by Nov 10, 2010, 2:50 PM

              Hmm,
              I've got no /dev/lpt0 though.

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                blastkiller
                last edited by Nov 15, 2010, 11:58 AM

                I have installed 2.0b4 for testing and here is /dev/lpt0. So in 1.2.3 the parallel Port is not included

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