> Are there any plans to include the patch in the main kernel?
For 2.2, absolutely not. It's very definitely a 2.3 thing.
> > (And it isn't so obviously output only: the parallel port can do
> > reverse transfers too, you know..)
>
> The last time I checked my old Nec P6, it had no keyboard ;->
But printers aren't the only things that can connect to parallel ports.
> I'm looking for a _simple_ solution which we could send to a linux
> end user who's computer is crashing without an oops report.
Well, you _could_ tell them to apply the x.y.z-tmw patch and enable
parallel console. I'd ask them if they have a serial printer or serial
terminal they can use first though.
Tim.
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