diff -ur --new-file linux-2.4.6-pre1/Documentation/Configure.help linux-2.4.6-pre1.new/Documentation/Configure.help
--- linux-2.4.6-pre1/Documentation/Configure.help	Wed Jun  6 11:54:24 2001
+++ linux-2.4.6-pre1.new/Documentation/Configure.help	Wed Jun  6 11:54:32 2001
@@ -13014,10 +13014,12 @@
   doing that; to actually get it to happen you need to pass the
   option "console=lp0" to the kernel at boot time.
 
-  Note that kernel messages can get lost if the printer is out of
-  paper (or off, or unplugged, or too busy..), but this behaviour
-  can be changed. See drivers/char/lp.c (do this at your own risk).
-
+  If the printer is out of paper (or off, or unplugged, or too
+  busy..) the kernel will stall until the printer is ready again.
+  By defining CONSOLE_LP_STRICT to 0 (at your own risk) you
+  can make the kernel continue when this happens,
+  but it'll lose the kernel messages.
+  
   If unsure, say N.
 
 Support for user-space parallel port device drivers