From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: hpa@zytor.com (H. Peter Anvin)
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:31:27 -0700
Subject: [RFC,PATCH] Cleanup PC parallel port Kconfig
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On 06/14/2011 03:08 PM, Luck, Tony wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/ia64/Kconfig b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
> index 38280ef..849805a 100644
> --- a/arch/ia64/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
> @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ config IA64
>  	select HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
>  	select HAVE_DMA_API_DEBUG
>  	select HAVE_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
> +	select HAVE_PC_PARPORT
>  	select GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
>  	select GENERIC_PENDING_IRQ if SMP
>  	select IRQ_PER_CPU
> 
> I took a look at the back of all my ia64 systems - none of them
> have a parallel port.  It seems unlikely that new systems will
> start adding parallel ports :-)
> 
> So even if I had a printer (or other device) that used a parallel
> port, I have no way to test it.
> 

If it has PCI slots, it can have a parallel port.

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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