On 10/17/20 12:29 PM, George N. White III wrote:
On Sat, 17 Oct 2020 at 16:23, ToddAndMargo via users
<users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
wrote:
On 10/17/20 12:14 PM, George N. White III wrote:
> Doesn't look like linux is supported.
Hi George,
I asked them about it. This is what they responded
(He misspelled that last modprobe):
> Sorry for the delay, Linux isn't exactly my expertise, so it took
a little long to verify the Parallel-PCIe in Fedora 32 (Workstation
Edition) 64-bit.
>
> I didn't do the full installation, so my testing is limited to
the Live version which I ran off OS off a USB Flash Drive.
>
> That being said, the Parallel PCIe card does appear to work in
the OS. It doesn't detect automatically like our PCI cards do,
however I was able to reconfigure the port, as substitute user, with
the following commands:
>
>> modprobe -r lp
>> modprobe -r parport_pc
>> modprobe parport_pc io=0x378,0xee00 irq=7,11
>> modprode lp
>
> Once configured I was able to detect both a HP Laser Jet and an
old Epson dot matrix printer and was able to dump a print job to the
Epson.
>
> The Laser Jet appears to have given up the ghost long ago, so I
couldn't use it to test the port in Fedora, but I don't believe that
was an issue with our card.
>
> Hopefully that helps,
You might get better help from linuxcnc.org <http://linuxcnc.org>:
https://forum.linuxcnc.org/27-driver-boards/34393-pcie-parallel-cards-what-chipset
<https://forum.linuxcnc.org/27-driver-boards/34393-pcie-parallel-cards-what-chipset>
You might be able to get the chipset by looking at the label of the big IC's
It is a "VIA VT8231"
$ modinfo parport_pc
filename:
/lib/modules/5.8.14-200.fc32.x86_64/kernel/drivers/parport/parport_pc.ko.xz
license: GPL
description: PC-style parallel port driver
author: Phil Blundell, Tim Waugh, others
alias: pci:v00001C00d00003050sv00001C00sd00003050bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000135Cd00000278sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00009710d00009865sv0000A000sd00002000bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00009710d00009865sv0000A000sd00001000bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00009710d00009901sv0000A000sd00002000bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00009710d00009815sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00009710d00009805sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00009710d00009755sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00009710d00009715sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00009710d00009705sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v000014F2d00000121sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000416Cd00000100sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001415d0000C11Csv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001415d0000C118sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001415d0000C114sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001415d0000C110sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001415d0000C104sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001415d0000C100sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001415d0000C004sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001415d0000C000sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001415d00008403sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001415d00009513sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001415d00009523sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v000014DBd00002121sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v000014DBd00002120sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v000014D2d00008001sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001592d00000783sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001592d00000782sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001409d00007268sv00001409sd00009018bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001409d00007268sv00001409sd00000104bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001409d00007268sv00001409sd00000103bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001409d00007268sv00001409sd00000102bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001409d00007268sv00001409sd00000101bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v000010B5d00009050sv0000D84Dsd00004014bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001407d00008800sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001407d00008003sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001407d00008002sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001407d00008000sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000131Fd00002021sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000131Fd00002020sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000131Fd00001021sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000131Fd00001020sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001283d00008872sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001106d00008231sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00001106d00000686sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: acpi*:PNP0401:*
alias: pnp:dPNP0401*
alias: acpi*:PNP0400:*
alias: pnp:dPNP0400*
depends: parport
retpoline: Y
intree: Y
name: parport_pc
vermagic: 5.8.14-200.fc32.x86_64 SMP mod_unload
sig_id: PKCS#7
signer: Fedora kernel signing key
sig_key: 0A:6A:E4:E2:1E:79:E9:40:5D:85:8F:4E:0F:1B:60:36:F4:E9:EE:E4
sig_hashalgo: sha256
signature: 79:81:CA:D6:FB:DF:F4:6D:C0:AE:46:F8:C8:97:19:A6:9D:B2:F6:F6:
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parm: io:Base I/O address (SPP regs) (array of int)
parm: io_hi:Base I/O address (ECR) (array of int)
parm: irq:IRQ line (array of charp)
parm: dma:DMA channel (array of charp)
parm: init_mode:Initialise mode for VIA VT8231 port (spp, ps2,
epp, ecp or ecpepp) (charp)
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