> The bidirectional use is/was PL/IP, aka "laplink" connections. Yes, I > still have a machine I installed that way, and it will run 2.2.19 > forever before I try it again. ;-)
PLIP/Laplink runs bidirectional on ordinary parallel ports. The bidirectional part of parallel ports in "normal" modes is still used for things like PnP detection of printer and drivers. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/