[ale] LPT1 to Bluetooth

[Sergio Chaves]

Awesome.
I will try that and post an update on Tuesday.

On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 2:56 PM, Michael Trausch <mike at trausch.us> wrote:

> Either look at the source or use strace. Find the fd used as /dev/lp0
> (available at runtime in /proc/$PID/fd) and see what system calls are
> performed on it using grep on the strace output.
>
> If ioctl appears, you'll need the shim. Otherwise a symlink will do, if
> only open/close/read/write and related system calls are used.
>
> If you need more detailed support or need to outsource the task, it'd be
> possible to contract myself or another experienced individual or business
> to help you. The time required to assess will be determined by the design
> of the application. However most of the time you'll only see the ioctls at
> initial open and configuration of the device unless the app reconfigures it
> dynamically at runtime.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On May 30, 2015, at 9:05 AM, Sergio Chaves <sergio.chaves at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Yes and No is a 50/50 chance!
> > I am a little, no - a lot , ignorant on this topic. How can I verify if
> the app requires "ioctl" or a data stream?
>
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