CONFIG_PPDEV: Support for user-space parallel port device drivers

General informations

The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_PPDEV has multiple definitions:

Support for user-space parallel port device drivers found in drivers/char/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_PPDEV:

• prompt: Support for user-space parallel port device drivers
• type: tristate
• depends on: CONFIG_PARPORT
• defined in drivers/char/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.45–2.5.75, 2.6.0–2.6.39, 3.0–3.19, 4.0–4.20, 5.0–5.19, 6.0–6.17, 6.18-rc+HEAD
• modules built: ppdev, ppdev, ppdev

Help text

Saying Y to this adds support for /dev/parport device nodes. This is needed for programs that want portable access to the parallel port, for instance deviceid (which displays Plug-and-Play device IDs).

This is the parallel port equivalent of SCSI generic support (sg). It is safe to say N to this -- it is not needed for normal printing or parallel port CD-ROM/disk support.

To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called ppdev.

If unsure, say N.

Support for user-space parallel port device drivers found in arch/sparc64/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_PPDEV:

• prompt: Support for user-space parallel port device drivers
• type: tristate
• depends on: CONFIG_PARPORT
• defined in arch/sparc64/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.6.13
• modules built: ppdev, ppdev, ppdev

Help text

Saying Y to this adds support for /dev/parport device nodes. This is needed for programs that want portable access to the parallel port, for instance deviceid (which displays Plug-and-Play device IDs).

This is the parallel port equivalent of SCSI generic support (sg). It is safe to say N to this -- it is not needed for normal printing or parallel port CD-ROM/disk support.

To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called ppdev.

If unsure, say N.

Support for user-space parallel port device drivers found in arch/sh/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_PPDEV:

• prompt: Support for user-space parallel port device drivers
• type: tristate
• depends on: CONFIG_PARPORT
• defined in arch/sh/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.45–2.5.75, 2.6.0–2.6.4
• modules built: ppdev, ppdev, ppdev

Help text

Saying Y to this adds support for /dev/parport device nodes. This is needed for programs that want portable access to the parallel port, for instance deviceid (which displays Plug-and-Play device IDs).

This is the parallel port equivalent of SCSI generic support (sg). It is safe to say N to this -- it is not needed for normal printing or parallel port CD-ROM/disk support.

To compile this support as a module, choose M here: the module will be called ppdev.

If unsure, say N.

Hardware

LKDDb

Raw data from LKDDb:

• lkddb module ppdev CONFIG_PPDEV : arch/sh/Kconfig : "Support for user-space parallel port device drivers" # in 2.5.45–2.5.75, 2.6.0–2.6.4
• lkddb module ppdev CONFIG_PPDEV : arch/sparc64/Kconfig : "Support for user-space parallel port device drivers" # in 2.6.13
• lkddb module ppdev CONFIG_PPDEV : drivers/char/Kconfig : "Support for user-space parallel port device drivers" # in 2.5.45–2.5.75, 2.6.0–2.6.39, 3.0–3.19, 4.0–4.20, 5.0–5.19, 6.0–6.17, 6.18-rc+HEAD

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