Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:04:30 +0000 | From | Alan <> | Subject | Re: bug in kernel 2.6.21-rc1-git1: conventional floppy drive cannot be mounted without hanging up the whole system |
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> The bidirectional use is/was PL/IP, aka "laplink" connections. Yes, I > still have a machine I installed that way, and it will run 2.2.19 > forever before I try it again. ;-)
PLIP/Laplink runs bidirectional on ordinary parallel ports. The bidirectional part of parallel ports in "normal" modes is still used for things like PnP detection of printer and drivers. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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