patch-2.1.67 linux/Documentation/parport.txt

• Lines: 46
• Date: Sat Nov 29 10:33:18 1997
• Orig file: v2.1.66/linux/Documentation/parport.txt
• Orig date: Tue Sep 23 16:48:46 1997

diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.1.66/linux/Documentation/parport.txt linux/Documentation/parport.txt
@@ -53,11 +53,9 @@
 
 	parport0: Printer, BJC-210 (Canon)
 
-Additionally, if you use kerneld, you can add to /etc/conf.modules the
-following lines, to have the probe happen automatically:
+(If you are using kerneld and have configured parport_probe as a 
+module, this will just happen.)
 
-	post-install parport modprobe parport_probe
-	pre-remove parport modprobe -r parport_probe
 
 Parport, but not as modules
 ===========================
@@ -71,6 +69,31 @@
 You can have many `parport=...' statements, one for each port you want
 to add.  Adding `parport=0' to the kernel command-line will disable
 parport support entirely.
+
+Files in /proc
+==============
+
+If you have configured the /proc filesystem into your kernel, you will
+see a new directory entry: /proc/parport.  In there will be a
+directory entry for each parallel port for which parport is
+configured.  In each of those directories are three files describing
+that parallel port.  For example:
+
+File:				Contents:
+
+/proc/parport/0/devices		A list of the device drivers using
+				that port.  A "+" will appear by the
+				name of the device currently using the
+				port (it might not appear against any).
+
+/proc/parport/0/hardware	Parallel port's base address, IRQ line
+				and DMA channel.
+
+/proc/parport/0/irq		The IRQ that parport is using for that
+				port (as above).  This is in a
+				separate file to allow you to alter it
+				by writing a new value in (IRQ number
+				or "none").
 
 Device drivers
 ==============