From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751339AbWCGRWh (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Mar 2006 12:22:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751342AbWCGRWh (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Mar 2006 12:22:37 -0500 Received: from dsl093-040-174.pdx1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.93.40.174]:1727 "EHLO aria.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751339AbWCGRWg (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Mar 2006 12:22:36 -0500 Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 09:22:29 -0800 From: Greg KH To: wixor Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: using usblp with ppdev? Message-ID: <20060307172229.GB7293@kroah.com> References: <20060302165557.GA31247@kroah.com> <20060303170752.GA5260@kroah.com> <20060306172532.GB8697@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 06:02:12PM +0100, wixor wrote: > > > > But if you want to play around and verify this, try modifying the USB > > device table in the drivers/usb/misc/uss720.c file (look for the > > structure called "uss720_table" and add a new entry with the vendor and > > product id of your device there.) > > > Well, it seems the device doesn't like the driver or vice-verse. When > added entry to the uss720_table, /proc/bus/usb/devices reports that > the device is being handled by this driver, but when I plug the device > in, dmesg gets full of error reports, and the device file doesn't > appear in /dev . Ok, then your device is not of this type and will not work, sorry. I suggest you go purchase a uss720 based device if you wish to do this kind of thing. > Now, my question is: is the cable named "usb to > parallel cable" an interface that converts classic printer to usb > printer? Shouldn't it be rather a real usb to parallel cable? As the manufacturer about this, we have no idea :) thanks, greg k-h