Kernel 2.4 rots

[Frank R. G. P. <pe...@he...>]

It seems that the more recent the APUS kernel version, the less of my
hardware works. The kernel with most HW working was some 2.2 version. With
the current 2.4.x, the parallel port is completely broken, so the printer
is useless. The serial port hangs when there is access to the IDE harddisk.
The Multiface board driver is not compilable anymore. So, this is a hard
time for people who want to do I/O other than display on an A4k with APUS.

I remember the parallel port driver being broken in the 2.2 times. Somebody
fixed it in just a few lines. Now exactly the same broken behaviour shows
in the current 2.4 tree. Who fixed the 2.2 driver? How? I had a shot with 
inserting io barriers and even delays, but no go.

It seems that the Amiga 4000 has to be removed of the list of supported HW in
linux/APUS. Or does any of the A1200 have these problems? Or does nobody want
to print or use the serial port? Internet, anyone?
-- 
Dipl. Informatikingenieur ETH  Frank Petzold  <pe...@he...>
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