new interface_pp_overhaul+timer patch

[Bas Rijniersce]

Hi,

sbertin@mindspring.com wrote:
 
> Here is another combined patch against cpia-0.2. It has my first patch,
> Peter's latest timer patch, and some new improvements.
 
> New features:

>         No more explicit dependence on parport_pc, might work with other
>         parallel port hardware (untested).

I have a DEC Alpha here, but the parport code is not compiled as a
module. And I hate to kille the over 200 days of uptime of the machine
;-) If the driver is working with kernel-parport code, I can try it..
 
>         Some changes to support compiling into the kernel instead of as
>         a module.  It is likely that more changes are needed for this.

Would be a good thing to get this working. 
 
The driver is now producing something like 1-12 fps with 30-50% CPU
load. I'll let it run for a while, see what happens. But it's working
OK! Probably you have seen the other message, I put up a patched
cpia-0.2 at my ftp server.

> Scott J. Bertin
> sbertin@mindspring.com

Bas

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