Parallel port doesn't support EPP mode with Kernel 2.6.12

Hi,

I have a problem in using my parallel port scanner which is a Primax Colorado Direct D600. I have downloaded the sane backend (primax_scan package) for my scanner but it didn't worked. After some investigation on the source code and by reading the Linux Scanner How-to I discovered that the parallel port didn't support EPP mode because (I suppose) the kernel was not compiled with correct the options. The Scanner How-To says that:

"If you are compiling your own kernel, enable 'Parallel Port support.' You should enable 'IEEE 1284 transfer modes,' and if you have x86 type architecture you should also enable 'PC-style hardware.'"

I have recompiled the Kernel 2.6.12 with these options and now EPP mode on paralled port is enabled and my scanner works perfectly both with the primax_scan tool that the Quiteinsane plugin in Gimp (although I have no sound anymore after the recompile and also a strange error at the boot about VIA Padlock).

My question (maybe a request) is: The Final Release of SimplyMEPIS 3.3.2 will include a kernel configured with these options or I will have to recompile the kernel by myself when SimplyMEPIS 3.3.2 will be released?

Thanks in advance for any reply