Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932156AbXB1MFg (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:05:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932159AbXB1MFg (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:05:36 -0500 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:36301 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932156AbXB1MFf (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:05:35 -0500 Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:04:30 +0000 From: Alan To: Bill Davidsen Cc: Linus Torvalds , Rene Herman , Oleg Nesterov , Stephane Eranian , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: bug in kernel 2.6.21-rc1-git1: conventional floppy drive cannot be mounted without hanging up the whole system Message-ID: <20070228130430.78933e67@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <45E4EC08.50409@tmr.com> References: <20070226180635.GA644@tv-sign.ru> <45E3493C.1040706@gmail.com> <45E4EC08.50409@tmr.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.7.2 (GTK+ 2.10.8; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 611 Lines: 12 > 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/