This patch should make printer status readback a little less broken than before. 2001-06-03 Tim Waugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * drivers/char/lp.c (lp_read): The loop is broken. Remove it, and restore 2.2.x behaviour. --- linux/drivers/char/lp.c.readback Tue Mar 6 16:47:08 2001 +++ linux/drivers/char/lp.c Tue Mar 6 16:47:31 2001 @@ -344,26 +344,7 @@ return -EINTR; parport_claim_or_block (lp_table[minor].dev); - - for (;;) { - retval = parport_read (port, kbuf, count); - - if (retval) - break; - - if (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) - break; - - /* Wait for an interrupt. */ - interruptible_sleep_on_timeout (&lp_table[minor].waitq, - LP_TIMEOUT_POLLED); - - if (signal_pending (current)) { - retval = -EINTR; - break; - } - } - + retval = parport_read (port, kbuf, count); parport_release (lp_table[minor].dev); if (retval > 0 && copy_to_user (buf, kbuf, retval)) - 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/