I came across this recently. There are some Linux distributions out
there that have the parport modules compiled and ready in their
/lib/modules and in /etc/conf.modules; but, they did not define
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=m. This causes silent problems when you compile
modules that will use the parallel port. The symptom is getting
unresolved symbols from "depmod".
I understand how this can happen. Whoever put together the distribution
default kernel built without parport being defined, the module builder
used a system with parport defined, and when the two were combined it
happens to work. So the mistake went un-noticed.
This does not affect all distributions, just some.
R Horn
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