Re: [Sheflug] Parallel IDE CD-ROM frustrations

[Will Newton <nospam [at] misconception.org.uk>]

On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, James Wallbank wrote:

> ## Do I need to 'insmod parport_pc' as well, perhaps with parameters?
> Presumably after insmod parport...

Might be it. What version of kernel are you running? (You probably said,
but I can't find it :)

> Surely... surely (!) you don't need to push files into /proc. (Though
> the message 'parport0: detected irq 7; use procfs to enable
> interrupt-driven operation' suggests otherwise.)

Not seen this message, so it may now be default to use interrupt driven
operation or something... it shouldn't make a difference though (apart
from speed under heavy load).

> But *surely* it must be possible to activate the parallel port with
> 'insmod' (which presumably will create the appropriate flag files in
> /proc)???

It is, honest. I just haven't done it for a while. :)

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