Re: following error problems - BDI software problems

General support for 1284 doesn't have to be in there but the driver that
Jon E has written is a direct to epp driver. The EMC is not dependent
upon normal Linux device drivers 'cause it has and uses it's own.

Ray

>    From: "got_milk_eh" <got_milk_eh@...>
> Subject: following error problems - BDI software problems
>
> Hi,
>    After some checking I think my following error problems may lie
> with the BDI itself.  The version I have is kernel 2.2.18  The
> stepper board uses 1284 signalling to communicate.  2.2.18 linux
> needs to be patched to support 1284 through the parport module.  I
> don't see this being loaded on startup.  So the question I have for
> the BDI people, has this patch been applied to the kernel that goes
> with 2.2.18 on the BDI or is there a compiled module available that
> I can load?  Thanks,