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    Subject[patch] parport console (was Re: GDTH driver in 2.3.33)
    On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, Tim Waugh wrote:

    > At the moment console=lp causes console writes to go to parport0 -- is
    > it going to be worth me putting in the extra logic to make things like
    > console=lp1 work?

    (I'm replying to myself a lot today..)

    Linus, here's a patch for 2.3.34pre2 to make the lp console name a bit
    more consistent.

    Tim.
    */

    Index: linux/Documentation/serial-console.txt
    diff -u linux/Documentation/serial-console.txt:1.1.1.1 linux/Documentation/serial-console.txt:1.3
    --- linux/Documentation/serial-console.txt:1.1.1.1 Fri Sep 24 23:01:37 1999
    +++ linux/Documentation/serial-console.txt Mon Dec 20 17:03:59 1999
    @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
    device: tty0 for the foreground virtual console
    ttyX for any other virtual console
    ttySx for a serial port
    + lp0 for the first parallel port

    options: depend on the driver. For the serial port this
    defines the baudrate/parity/bits of the port,
    Index: linux/drivers/char/lp.c
    diff -u linux/drivers/char/lp.c:1.1.1.2 linux/drivers/char/lp.c:1.3
    --- linux/drivers/char/lp.c:1.1.1.2 Fri Dec 3 10:07:11 1999
    +++ linux/drivers/char/lp.c Mon Dec 20 17:04:00 1999
    @@ -679,7 +679,7 @@
    }

    static struct console lpcons = {
    - "lp",
    + "lp0",
    lp_console_write,
    NULL,
    lp_console_device,

    -
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