From 595e3b035e9b2cd04181ae2c3530338675c763fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wilko Bulte Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 17:43:30 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Parallel ports now work on Alpha. --- release/texts/alpha/HARDWARE.TXT | 5 +---- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/release/texts/alpha/HARDWARE.TXT b/release/texts/alpha/HARDWARE.TXT index 373d0f78e626..765950175dac 100644 --- a/release/texts/alpha/HARDWARE.TXT +++ b/release/texts/alpha/HARDWARE.TXT @@ -134,8 +134,7 @@ Most PCI devices from the PC-world will also work in FreeBSD/alpha PCI-based machines. Check the /sys/alpha/conf/GENERIC file for the latest word on this. -Currently parallel ports do not work on FreeBSD/alpha. The driver needs -work to make this happen. +Parallel printer ports work on FreeBSD/alpha starting with 4.0-stable. For Alpha CPUs you will find multiple versions. The original Alpha design is the 21064. It was produced in a chip process called MOS4, @@ -1307,8 +1306,6 @@ is built-in on for example Multia is reported to be not usable with FreeBSD. - serial ports: the 'PC standard' serial ports found on most Alphas are supported. For TurboChannel machines the serial ports are also supported. -- parallel ports: are not currently supported on FreeBSD/alpha - - ISDN (i4b): is not supported on FreeBSD/alpha - multimedia: is not really supported on FreeBSD/alpha but work is underway