Man Linux: Main Page and Category List

NAME

       ieee1284_open - open a port

SYNOPSIS

       #include <ieee1284.h>

       int ieee1284_open(struct parport *port, int flags, int *capabilities);

DESCRIPTION

       In order to begin using a port it must be opened. Any initial set-up of
       the port is done at this stage. When an open port is no longer needed
       it should be closed with ieee1284_close(3).

       The possible flags are:

       F1284_EXCL
           This device cannot share the port with any other device. If this is
           the case it must be declared at this stage, so that other drivers
           trying to access the port know not to bother; otherwise they will
           wait until this driver releases the port, i.e. never.

           The iopl/dev-port access methods don’t support this yet, but the
           ppdev ones do.

       If capabilities is not NULL it must point to storage for an int, which
       will be treated as a set of flags, one per bit, which the library sets
       or clears as appropriate. If a capability is present it will be used
       when asked for. They are:

       CAP1284_RAW
           Pin-level access is available. If this capability is present then
           the following functions are effective: ieee1284_write_data,
           ieee1284_read_status, ieee1284_wait_status, ieee1284_write_control,
           ieee1284_read_control, ieee1284_frob_control.

       CAP1284_NIBBLE
           There is an implementation of nibble mode for this port.

       CAP1284_BYTE
           There is an implementation of byte mode for this port.

       CAP1284_COMPAT
           There is an implementation of compatibility mode for this port.

       CAP1284_ECP
           There is a hardware implementation of ECP mode for this port.

       CAP1284_ECPRLE
           There is an RLE-aware implementation of ECP mode for this port (the
           F1284_RLE flag is recognised by the ECP transfer functions).

       CAP1284_ECPSWE
           There is a software implementation of ECP mode for this port.

       CAP1284_BECP
           There is an implementation of bounded ECP mode for this port.

       CAP1284_EPP
           There is a hardware implementation of EPP mode for this port.

       CAP1284_EPPSWE
           There is a software implementation of EPP mode for this port.

       CAP1284_IRQ
           An interrupt line is configured for this port and interrupt
           notifications can be received using ieee1284_get_irq_fd(3).

       CAP1284_DMA
           A DMA channel is configured for this port.

RETURN VALUE

       E1284_OK
           The port is now opened.

       E1284_INIT
           There was a problem during port initialization. This could be
           because another driver has opened the port exclusively, or some
           other reason.

       E1284_NOMEM
           There is not enough memory.

       E1284_NOTAVAIL
           One or more of the supplied flags is not supported by this type of
           port.

       E1284_INVALIDPORT
           The port parameter is invalid (for instance, the port may already
           be open).

       E1284_SYS
           There was a problem at the operating system level. The global
           variable errno has been set appropriately.

SEE ALSO

       ieee1284_close(3)

AUTHOR

       Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com>
           Author.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2001-2003 Tim Waugh

                                  09/18/2007