NAME

lp − driver for parallel port

SYNOPSIS

name=lp class=sysbus ioaddr=0x378 interrupts=3,7;
name=lp class=sysbus ioaddr=0x278 interrupts=3,5;

AVAILABILITY

Solaris 2.1 for x86 systems only. 

DESCRIPTION

The lp driver provides the interface to the parallel ports used by printers on Solaris 2.1 for x86 systems.  The lp driver is implemented as a STREAMS device.  Up to three parallel ports can be accessed by the driver. 

FILES

/dev/lp∗

SEE ALSO

streamio(7)

DIAGNOSTICS

lp_attach: cannot add intr. 

An invalid intr= or interrupts= property has been specified in the lp.conf file. 

NOTES

A read operation on a bi-directional parallel port is not supported. 
 
 
 
 
 
 

SunOS 5.1  —  Last change: 31 May 1993