Parallel port on SparcClassic

[Alexander Shumakovitch <shurik@math.unibas.ch>]

Hi all!

I have Debian 2.1 (Slink) with kernel 2.0.35 running beautifully on
SparcClassic. But yesterday I got stuck while trying to connect my printer (HP
LJ 5L) to it. I've compiled kernel with "Bidirectional Parallel Port support"
option enabled. When I do 
  echo 'Hello world!' > /dev/lpn
and n>0, I get "no such device" reply. If n==0, absolutely nothing is
happening. No kernel messages, no traffic to printer, no output. 

I've read in some FAQ, that I should add __volatile__ somewhere in bpp.c file.
Done that --- no change. I'm 100% sure the printer is working and is connected
properly, since I can print on it from Solaris. Could something be wrong with
lp devices?  I had to create them with MAKEDEV. Is it possible at all to use a
printer with 2.0.35 kernel? I don't want to switch to 2.2.x, since It would
take a day to recompile it on SparcClassic (and I don't have enough disk space
anyway).

Thanks a lot in advance for any help!

  --- Alexander.