para port through pci port on laptop, possible?

i have been lurking the cnc areas of the web for a while and have started my first cnc machine. a desktop laser cutter.
i have found a parallel port that uses a mini pci-e port. its (as i understand it) a add on port with a USB interface and some expanded comm lines. the computer under windows would see it as a regular paralle port. i am wanting to use this on a laptop running an EMC2 version of linux.


im looking for some one to poke some holes in this.

i will be using servos with a custom control board.

are there any possible problems with the parallel port setup under linux?

thanks again,
nemo

If you can get around the Laptop power saving issues with realtime, a true PCIE parallel port card should work. Express slots on laptops support both USB and PCIE so the parallel port card needs to be chosen carefully so you get a true PCIE card not a USB one.

true pcie, so is the mini pci-e port out of the question?
i will do some research in the differences from a full size pcie and the mini pcie.

i might just get the PCIe card and try it, it seems no one has ever done this before.

live life without regrets, no matter how foolish, the regrets is worse.

No, not out of the question. I was not clear with my nomeclature, mini-PCIE cards can work but mini PCIE cards have both a a PCIE interface and a USB interface so you have to make sure that the plug in card is a PCIE cards not a USB one