Re: [Srcpd-devel] Parport IO ports for S88

[Simon A. <sim...@gm...>]

P.S.: I assume the relevant check happens in int init_bus_S88(bus_t
busnumber), ddl-s88.c lines 278 ff.

On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 2:36 PM Simon Ahrens <sim...@gm...>
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> trying to use an S88 bus via a PCI parallel port extension, I've noticed
> that srcpd will currently reject any other values for the IO port than the
> legacy 0x278, 0x378 and 0x3bc (the old parport (Linux) / LPT (Windows)
> addresses.
>
> However, if you use anything but built-in parallel ports, your adapter
> will probably provide you with different (fixed) IO ports. I see no reason
> to keep the check for the old legacy addresses either.
>
> I've found a Rocrail forum thread from 10 years ago where someone
> describes the same issue. Rocrail has since changed this sanity check and
> now allows any address.
>
> Do you see a way to fix this for srcpd as well?
>
> Best regards,
> Simon
>