RE: [Xen-devel] Xen 2.05 - using printer (/dev/lp0) from a guest linux OS?

[Ian P. <m+I...@cl...>]

> No, it's an old parallel port printer... I was hoping for a way to
> export /dev/lp0 to the guest, but it doesn't sound like there's a way.

Xen (the unstable.bk version) has the capability to expose individual
ISA devices to guests. However, the control tools haven't caught up with
this yet.

You can do it in a hacky way for the moment though, by giving the domU
full IO privilege. If you do this, you'll have to be careful to ensure
that only one domain has a driver for the parallel port, otherwise bad
things will happen if they both try to access it.

Ian=20
=20
> I wanted to set up a print server in a guest OS, then move=20
> the guest OS
> setup to a bootable CD and have a stateless print server... xen would
> make this a little easier since reboots are faster... using=20
> lpr might be
> close enough for testing.