Michael Leone on Wed, 25 Apr 2001 15:56:57 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] Printer failure


> On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 01:45:21PM -0400, LeRoy Cressy wrote:
> > I don't see the printer support module loaded.  Would it not be better
> > to compile the kernel with the parallel port hardware and the printer
> > support compiled into the kernel?
>
> You'd run into problems if you ever want to do PLIP....

Yes, but - in reality - how many people use PLIP? Besides Chris, who used it
to set up the PLUG laptop. :-)
I don't think I've ever heard of anyone using it, much less know someone who
uses it (regularly).



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