/dev/ppi Files aren't there! Parallel port problems.

[James Sarasin]

Hello there. I'm interesting in developing with the usermode ppi interface.
How ever on a fresh install of the latest FreeBSD Iso images I don't have
any ppi devices in /dev. From what I can tell it isn't using the correct
settings for the parallel port.
I have made sure that my parallel port is enabled in BIOS.

Thanks
James Sarasin


---- > My system information
Toshiba TE2000 Laptop

# uname -a
FreeBSD .ab.hsia.telus.net 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12
11:05:30 UTC 2007     root at dessler.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP
i386

---- > A verbous boot dump has the following in it:
ppc0: parallel port not found.
ppc0: parallel port not found.
unknown: status reg test failed ff
unknown: status reg test failed ff
unknown: status reg test failed ff
unknown: status reg test failed ff
unknown: status reg test failed ff
unknown: status reg test failed ff

ppc0: parallel port not found.
ppc0: <Parallel port> failed to probe at irq 7 on isa0


---- > When I try to load the ppi module after the systems running
# kldload ppi
kldload: can't load ppi: File exists

---- > On system startup it says this
# grep ^ppc /var/run/dmesg.boot
ppc0: parallel port not found.


----> When I call dmidecode  i get the following relavent to the parallel
port:
Handle 0x0016, DMI type 8, 9 bytes
Port Connector Information
        Internal Reference Designator:
        Internal Connector Type: None
        External Reference Designator: PARALLEL PORT
        External Connector Type: DB-25 female
        Port Type: Parallel Port ECP