Subject: kern/2746: Lack of lpt documentation.
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Lennart Augustsson <augustss@cs.chalmers.se>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 09/10/1996 16:18:25
>Number:         2746
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       Lack of lpt documentation.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    kern-bug-people (Kernel Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Sep 10 07:20:00 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Lennart Augustsson
>Organization:
CS dept, Chalmers
>Release:        1.2_BETA
>Environment:
System: NetBSD calvin.cs.chalmers.se 1.2_BETA NetBSD 1.2_BETA (CALVIN) #82: Sun Sep 8 19:29:30 MET DST 1996 augustss@calvin.cs.chalmers.se:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/CALVIN i386


>Description:
	The man page for lpt mentions that you get an interrupt-less
	driver by adding 128 to the minor number, but fails to mention
	that you can avoid the device init by adding 64 and get auto-LF
	by adding 32.
	I needed to avoid the init for my DeskJet 870 so that information
	would have been useful.
	(Luckily there is source code :-)
	BTW, the page talks about "the highest bit of the minor number".
	It may not be obvious which bit this is.
>How-To-Repeat:
	Compare the man page and the reality.
>Fix:
	Add a few lines to the man page.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: