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NAME
libieee1284 - IEEE1284 communications library
SYNOPSIS
#include <ieee1284.h> cc files... -lieee1284
OVERVIEW
The libieee1284 library is a library for accessing parallel port devices.
The model presented to the user is fairly abstract: a list of parallel ports with arbitrary names, with functions to access them in various ways ranging from bit operations to block data transfer in one of the IEEE 1284 sanctioned protocols.
Although the library resides in user space the speed penalty may not be as bad as you initially think, since the operating system may well provide assistance with block data transfer operations; in fact, the operating system may even use hardware assistance to get the job done. So, using libieee1284, ECP transfers using DMA are possible.
The normal sequence of events will be that the application
Usually a port needs to be claimed before it can be used. This is to prevent multiple drivers from trampling on each other if they both want to use the same port. The exception to this rule is the collection of IEEE 1284 Device IDs, which has an implicit open-claim-release-close sequence. The reason for this is that it may be possible to collect a Device ID from the operating system, without bothering the device with it.
CONFIGURATION
When ieee1284_find_ports is first called, the library will look for a configuration file, /etc/ieee1284.conf.
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The only configuration instruction that is currently recognised is “disallow method ppdev”, for preventing the use of the Linux ppdev driver.
ENVIRONMENT
You can enable debugging output from the library by setting the environment variable LIBIEEE1284_DEBUG to any value.
FILES
/etc/ieee1284.conf
SEE ALSO
parport(3), parport_list(3), ieee1284_find_ports(3), ieee1284_free_ports(3), ieee1284_get_deviceid(3), ieee1284_open(3), ieee1284_close(3), ieee1284_claim(3), ieee1284_release(3), ieee1284_data(3), ieee1284_status(3), ieee1284_control(3), ieee1284_negotiation(3), ieee1284_ecp_fwd_to_rev(3), ieee1284_transfer(3), ieee1284_get_irq_fd(3), ieee1284_set_timeout(3)
AUTHOR
Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2001-2003 Tim Waugh
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