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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/parport.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/parport.txt | 13 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/parport.txt b/Documentation/parport.txt index 93a7ceef398d..c208e4366c03 100644 --- a/Documentation/parport.txt +++ b/Documentation/parport.txt | |||
| @@ -36,18 +36,17 @@ addresses should not be specified for supported PCI cards since they | |||
| 36 | are automatically detected. | 36 | are automatically detected. |
| 37 | 37 | ||
| 38 | 38 | ||
| 39 | KMod | 39 | modprobe |
| 40 | ---- | 40 | -------- |
| 41 | 41 | ||
| 42 | If you use kmod, you will find it useful to edit /etc/modprobe.conf. | 42 | If you use modprobe , you will find it useful to add lines as below to a |
| 43 | Here is an example of the lines that need to be added: | 43 | configuration file in /etc/modprobe.d/ directory:. |
| 44 | 44 | ||
| 45 | alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc | 45 | alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc |
| 46 | options parport_pc io=0x378,0x278 irq=7,auto | 46 | options parport_pc io=0x378,0x278 irq=7,auto |
| 47 | 47 | ||
| 48 | KMod will then automatically load parport_pc (with the options | 48 | modprobe will load parport_pc (with the options "io=0x378,0x278 irq=7,auto") |
| 49 | "io=0x378,0x278 irq=7,auto") whenever a parallel port device driver | 49 | whenever a parallel port device driver (such as lp) is loaded. |
| 50 | (such as lp) is loaded. | ||
| 51 | 50 | ||
| 52 | Note that these are example lines only! You shouldn't in general need | 51 | Note that these are example lines only! You shouldn't in general need |
| 53 | to specify any options to parport_pc in order to be able to use a | 52 | to specify any options to parport_pc in order to be able to use a |