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SubjectRe: How to enable LPSTRICT option (kernel 2.0.36 - printer driver)?
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>Ah well, just a bit of mess. In 2.0.36 the ioctl 0x060f means LP_STRICT
>while in 2.2.2 means LP_TRUSTIRQ.

Ugh. I don't think that should have been allowed to happen. STRICT and
TRUSTIRQ have almost completely opposite meanings.

>Really I think we could drop the TRUSTIRQ thing from lp... It was a good
>improvement here but the point right now is that if somebody really need
>to boost it's better that he goes in sync with the latest parport code
>that uses the FIFO of the port that does the compatibility mode handshake
>in hardware... Killing the trustirq flag should be a one liner patch or a
>little bit more, sure something of safe also for a stable kernel release.
>Comments?

Not everybody has a FIFO-equipped port. That said, I've never been totally
happy with the trustirq thing and I'm not sure the speedup is worth the
uglyness it causes.

p.



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