> > I thought that might be the case. Oh well. It can wait until this
> > putative rewrite of lp happens then (which I'll do if nobody else
> > volunteers).
>
> Hmmm.. complete rewrite sounds like a 'lot of work'. I'd like to mail you my
Well yes, but I think it's worth it.
> additions to lp.c adapted to the parport project before everything gets
> changed. Your intention is to improve the portability of the driver? Yes, I
> think this is a good idea. There is also some space for improvements. How
> about a 'select' call?
Please do. I don't expect to be rewriting it any time soon. The parport
code itself _is_ going to change in the fairly near future, though still
not imminently.
p.