> in 2.2 the parport module automatically looked for parport_lowlevel
> which could be defined in conf.modules as parport_pc, eg. In 2.3.31
> this seems to be no longer the case, you have to load the partport_pc
> manually. Is this a bug or a feature?
It's a bit of both. The parport_lowlevel alias shouldn't really be used
any more, and instead the following line in modules.conf ought to take its
place:
post-install parport /sbin/modprobe -k parport_pc
(adjust for your architecture). In 2.4, though, the intention is that the
alias will still work but will trigger a warning message.
Something like this patch should probably be applied (it's untested):
--- linux/drivers/parport/share.c~ Sun Dec 12 18:05:58 1999
+++ linux/drivers/parport/share.c Sun Dec 12 18:05:59 1999
@@ -107,6 +107,13 @@
for (port = portlist; port; port = port->next)
drv->attach (port);
+ /* For compatibility with 2.2, check the (obsolete) parport_lowlevel
+ * alias in case some people haven't changed to post-install rules
+ * yet. parport_enumerate (itself deprecated) will printk a
+ * friendly reminder. */
+ if (!portlist)
+ parport_enumerate ();
+
return 0;
}
Tim.
*/
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