Re: [PATCH] CONSOLE_LP_STRICT Kconfig option

[Andi Kleen]

Luca Falavigna <dktrkranz@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> This patch, built against kernel version 2.6.16-rc3, provides a
> Kconfig option in order to easily enable or disable CONSOLE_LP_STRICT
> variable in drivers/char/lp.c without modifying it directly.

This shouldn't be a CONFIG. This should be a runtime option.
It's ridiculous to have to recompile your kernel just to fix some
problem with your printer.

e.g. sysctl, ioctl, sysfs entry, module parameter. Whatever is en
vogue these days. Easiest would be probably a module_param().

-Andi

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