4.[123]bsd dev/lp hoards final form feed (with fix)
Arthur David Olson
ado at elsie.UUCP
Wed Feb 26 15:09:12 AEST 1986
Index: sys/vaxuba/lp.c
Description:
The lp driver will, with certain interfaces and printers (we've got a
Printronix 600 ourselves), hold the the final form feed generated by
closing the device until the device is reopened. Not a problem for
high-print-volume sites; a paper waster at low-volume sites, though
(details upon request).
Repeat-By:
Using the command
echo HI > /dev/lp
If you've got the problem, the page with the word HI on it will not be
feed out of the printer, despite the fact that "lpclose" generated a
form feed.
Fix:
The problem comes about because various parts of the code test
sc_outq.c_cc > 0
to see if there's work to do. But if the driver has read a character
out of the above queue and was unable to output the character, the
driver saves the character away in sc_lpchar. So even if sc_outq.c_cc
is zero, there may be work to do.
Here are the changes to the 4.1bsd version of lp.c, conditioned on
"OLDVERSION."
First, a change to "lpintr":
...
sc->sc_state |= MOD;
#ifdef OLDVERSION
if (sc->sc_outq.c_cc > 0 && (lpaddr->lpsr&ERROR)==0)
#else
if (sc->sc_lpchar >= 0 && (lpaddr->lpsr&ERROR)==0)
#endif
lpaddr->lpsr |= IENABLE; /* ok and more to do later */
if (n>LPLWAT && sc->sc_outq.c_cc<=LPLWAT && sc->sc_state&ASLP) {
sc->sc_state &= ~ASLP;
wakeup((caddr_t)sc); /* top half should go on */
}
...
There are also two changes to "lptout":
...
#ifdef OLDVERSION
if ((sc->sc_state&OPEN) == 0) {
#else
if ((sc->sc_state&OPEN) == 0 && sc->sc_lpchar < 0) {
#endif
sc->sc_state &= ~TOUT; /* no longer open */
lpaddr->lpsr = 0;
return;
}
#ifdef OLDVERSION
if (sc->sc_outq.c_cc && (lpaddr->lpsr&DONE) && (lpaddr->lpsr&ERROR)==0)
#else
if (sc->sc_lpchar>=0 && (lpaddr->lpsr&DONE) && (lpaddr->lpsr&ERROR)==0)
#endif
lpintr(LPUNIT(dev)); /* ready to go */
timeout(lptout, (caddr_t)dev, 10*hz);
...
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