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author | James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com> | 2004-11-07 04:09:54 -0800 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> | 2004-11-07 04:09:54 -0800 |
commit | ac5fdcbcfdd7beea21734a106e0623bb9e684846 (patch) | |
tree | ed77fdaa51db61c0b3a934bf6f28f74ade8fc354 /Documentation | |
parent | 85385aa73318ba9dac52e1b0ac62425b4bf137fc (diff) | |
download | history-ac5fdcbcfdd7beea21734a106e0623bb9e684846.tar.gz |
[PATCH] tipar: Documentation/tipar.txt cleanup
Minor cleanup of Documentation/tipar.txt.
Signed-off-by: James Nelson <james4765@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/tipar.txt | 26 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/tipar.txt b/Documentation/tipar.txt index 773b9a2483eba7..67133baef6ef21 100644 --- a/Documentation/tipar.txt +++ b/Documentation/tipar.txt @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Author: Romain Lievin -Homepage: http://lpg.ticalc.org/prj_dev +Homepage: http://lpg.ticalc.org/prj_tidev/index.html INTRODUCTION: @@ -12,31 +12,30 @@ INTRODUCTION: This is a driver for the very common home-made parallel link cable, a cable designed for connecting TI8x/9x graphing calculators (handhelds) to a computer or workstation (Alpha, Sparc). Given that driver is built on parport, the -parallel port abstraction layer, this driver is independent of the platform. +parallel port abstraction layer, this driver is architecture-independent. It can also be used with another device plugged on the same port (such as a -ZIP drive). I have a 100MB ZIP and both of them work fine ! +ZIP drive). I have a 100MB ZIP and both of them work fine! If you need more information, please visit the 'TI drivers' homepage at the URL above. WHAT YOU NEED: -A TI calculator of course and a program capable to communicate with your -calculator. -TiLP will work for sure (since I am his developer !). yal92 may be able to use +A TI calculator and a program capable of communicating with your calculator. + +TiLP will work for sure (since I am its developer!). yal92 may be able to use it by changing tidev for tipar (may require some hacking...). HOW TO USE IT: You must have first compiled parport support (CONFIG_PARPORT_DEV): either compiled in your kernel, either as a module. -This driver supports the new device hierarchy (devfs). -Next, (as root) from your appropriate modules directory (lib/modules/2.5.XX): +Next, (as root): modprobe parport - insmod tipar.o + modprobe tipar If it is not already there (it usually is), create the device: @@ -47,14 +46,14 @@ If it is not already there (it usually is), create the device: You will have to set permissions on this device to allow you to read/write from it: - chmod 666 /dev/tipar? + chmod 666 /dev/tipar[0..2] Now you are ready to run a linking program such as TiLP. Be sure to configure it properly (RTFM). MODULE PARAMETERS: - You can set these with: insmod tipar NAME=VALUE + You can set these with: modprobe tipar NAME=VALUE There is currently no way to set these on a per-cable basis. NAME: timeout @@ -66,11 +65,12 @@ MODULE PARAMETERS: NAME: delay TYPE: integer DEFAULT: 10 - DESC: Inter-bit delay in micro-seconds. An lower value gives an higher data + DESC: Inter-bit delay in micro-seconds. A lower value gives an higher data rate but makes transmission less reliable. These parameters can be changed at run time by any program via ioctl(2) calls -as listed in ./include/linux/ticable.h +as listed in ./include/linux/ticable.h. + Rather than write 50 pages describing the ioctl() and so on, it is perhaps more useful you look at ticables library (dev_link.c) that demonstrates how to use them, and demonstrates the features of the driver. This is |