Index: /trunk/src/VBox/Devices/Parallel/DrvHostParallel.cpp
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--- /trunk/src/VBox/Devices/Parallel/DrvHostParallel.cpp	(revision 40661)
+++ /trunk/src/VBox/Devices/Parallel/DrvHostParallel.cpp	(revision 40662)
@@ -628,9 +628,8 @@
     PDRVHOSTPARALLEL    pThis   = RT_FROM_MEMBER(pInterface, DRVHOSTPARALLEL, CTX_SUFF(IHostParallelConnector));
     int rc = VINF_SUCCESS;
-
+    int iMode = 0;
     if (!fForward)
         iMode = 1;
 # ifndef VBOX_WITH_WIN_PARPORT_SUP
-    int iMode = 0;                      /** @todo r=bird: unused . */
     int rcLnx = ioctl(RTFileToNative(pThis->hFileDevice), PPDATADIR, &iMode);
     if (RT_UNLIKELY(rcLnx < 0))