Subject: Re: /dev/lp gone missing.
To: Matthias Scheler <tron@zhadum.org.uk>
From: Johnny Billquist <bqt@softjar.se>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 03/16/2007 10:35:29
Matthias Scheler wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 03:20:57PM +1100, Paul (NCC/CS). wrote:
>
>>Apparantly /dev/lp has gone AWOL.
>
> As far as I know NetBSD never had a device "/dev/lp". The parallel port
> on a NetBSD-i386 is e.g. called "/dev/lpt0".
And drum roll... Where do you think NetBSD came from? VAXen of course.
And guess what, VAXen can have a /dev/lp, except that that device driver
still haven't been ported from 4.4BSD (all according the the man-page).
So yes, in theory, NetBSD do have a /dev/lp, if you just run the right
architecture. ;-)
Johnny