Subject: Re: lpvi: success
To: None <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
From: Jared D. McNeill <jmcneill@invisible.yi.org>
List: port-sparc
Date: 03/08/2002 18:44:23
> I now have an lpvi driver.  It works, in that I've gotten pages out of
> my printer, but it still needs a good deal of work, only some of which
> I'm competent to give it.  In particular, it is not SMP-ready (it locks
> against itself with spl*() calls), and like most of my stuff, it fits
> into 1.4T.  If anyone wants to port it forward to -current, feel free.
> It also requires a full-page bitmap, even though the hardware supports
> non-zero margin widths on all four sides.  I'll be happy to correspond
> about it with anyone who cares to.

Do you have either (1) a SPARCprinter I can test a port to -current with,
or (2) the capability of booting a -current kernel with COMPAT_14 and
COMPAT_15 in it so you can verify that it works?

Jared