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SubjectRe: Solution to printing problem (dumb mistake)
On Sat, 21 Aug 1999, Drew Bernat wrote:

> Question: is this proper behavior? It caused a system freeze on 2.3.13 and
> failed silently on 2.3.15-pre2. Is there any way for the parport module to
> say "you stupid (l)user, there isn't a parallel port there!"?

It is correct behaviour, yes. The user that boots the kernel (or
loads the module) knows best.

When you provide options to a module, they are overrides rather than
hints.

Tim.
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