On 10/29/2016 01:12 AM, Maciej S. Szmigiero wrote: >> Would you mind sharing the laptop's model? > > This is Elitebook model 8570p. That seems like a fairly recent laptop: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-HP-EliteBook-8570p-B6Q03EA-ABD-Notebook.82291.0.html and it has a true parallel port? Thanks a lot for the pointer! >> There are a bunch of >> Elitebooks and maybe not all have the ports wired. >> Does your laptop has the Parallel Port on the docking or on the laptop >> itself? > > Only a serial port socket is built-it, parallel port socket is > available only via a port replicator. > > According to description of this replicator it is compatible with > a lot of different Elitebooks and Probooks: > http://h30094.www3.hp.com/product.aspx?sku=10432928&mfg_part=A7E34AA&pagemode=ca > > I wasn't able find any note in this replicator description that port > availability depends on connected laptop model. > You can try to search for particular laptop model schematics, even > if it is available only for sale sometimes there is a preview > page with block diagram which clearly show where the parallel port > is connected (this is true for my laptop model for example). > > However, whether the port is on standard I/O address and interrupt > line requires some more digging. Thanks for the information. >> Do you know the command to enable them thru PnP? Shouldn't loading >> the kernel module be enough? Or is it the other way around and >> enabling thru PnP triggers the kernel module load process? > > If you want to use them under Linux then everything should be taken > care of by kernel's PnP support. > It can be problem if you want to use them under pure DOS. > I see, thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-i2c" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
