[Linux-parport] [PATCH] docs: parport: Fix FIFO Kconfig symbol

Jonathan Corbet corbet at lwn.net
Mon Aug 31 14:31:45 PDT 2026


Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter at gmail.com> writes:

> The ReST conversion shortened CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_FIFO to the nonexistent
> CONFIG_FIFO symbol. Restore the full name.
>
> Fixes: e095f0711b49 ("Documentation/parport.txt: convert to ReST markup")
> Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-5.6-sol
> Signed-off-by: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter at gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/admin-guide/parport.rst | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/parport.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/parport.rst
> index ad3f9b8a11e19..4aef45262bd49 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/parport.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/parport.rst
> @@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ If that works fine, try with ``io=0x378 irq=7`` (adjust for your
>  hardware), to make it use interrupt-driven in-software protocol.
>  
>  If **that** works fine, then one of the hardware modes isn't working
> -right.  Enable ``CONFIG_FIFO`` (no, it isn't a module option,
> +right.  Enable ``CONFIG_PARPORT_PC_FIFO`` (no, it isn't a module option,
>  and yes, it should be), set the port to ECP mode in the BIOS and note

Applied, thanks.

jon



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