diff -r -u linux/drivers/parport/parport_pc.c linux-patch/drivers/parport/parport_pc.c
--- linux/drivers/parport/parport_pc.c	Mon Feb 25 14:38:03 2002
+++ linux-patch/drivers/parport/parport_pc.c	Thu Apr 25 19:32:22 2002
@@ -2296,6 +2296,7 @@
 	}
 	if (p->irq != PARPORT_IRQ_NONE) {
 		printk(", irq %d", p->irq);
+		priv->ctr_writable |= 0x10;
 
 		if (p->dma == PARPORT_DMA_AUTO) {
 			p->dma = PARPORT_DMA_NONE;