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[Xen-users] Export /dev/lp0 as VBD?

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Subject: [Xen-users] Export /dev/lp0 as VBD?
From: Sander Marechal <s.marechal@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:23:24 +0100
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Hello,

My Xen 3.0.3 server has a printer attached on the printer port /dev/lp0.
I would like to set up a domU printserver. Can I treat /dev/lp0 as a
block device and give a domU access to it simply by adding something
like this to the domU's configuration:

 'phy:lp0,lp0,w'

If not, is there another way of letting domU use the printer, short of
getting an lpt->usb convertor or installing a PCI card with an lpt port?
I really don't like setting up dom0 as a printserver.

Kind regards,

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Sander Marechal
http://www.jejik.com

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