IEEE1284 Device ID string for USB Printers

[Naram Qashat]

It's been over a week, and I wonder, is this even the correct mailing list
for this question, or is it just that no one has an answer to it?

Naram Qashat

(Ignore the note in the previous message, I subscribed afterwards.)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Naram Qashat" <cyberbotx at cyberbotx.com>
To: <freebsd-hackers at freebsd.org>
Cc: <cyberbotx at cyberbotx.com>
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 03:51 PM
Subject: IEEE1284 Device ID string for USB Printers


> I was wondering if there were any plans on getting the ieee1284_print_id()
> function in src/sys/dev/usb/ulpt.c to work properly.  I was trying to see
> about getting HPLIP converted to FreeBSD, but it's hpiod program requires
an
> ioctl to access the printer andget the IEEE1284 device ID string to
identify
> the USB printer.  Without that ioctl, HPLIP can't be ported over.
>
> Thanks,
> Naram Qashat
>
> (Note: I'm not subscribed to the mailing list, so if anyone replies to
this,
> please CC me to the response.  Thanks.)
>