X-Git-Url: http://git.zerfleddert.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi/usb-driver/blobdiff_plain/7824bbf66ef9cc123dfdb2653983fcc1cac07860..026cbe49ab643091a89fdfc7f9aa906db8658cad:/README diff --git a/README b/README index 13737b5..aa4eefe 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ ppdev To use the device as an ordinary user, put the user in the group 'lp' +If you have an almost compatible cable which works with other software but not +with Impact, try adding -DFORCE_PC3_IDENT to the CFLAGS line in the Makefile. +This enables a hack by Stefan Ziegenbalg to force detection of a parallel cable. + + Parallel Cable IV is currently only supported in 'compatibility mode', as no attempt to configure the ECP registers is done by this library.