gamecon.c in 2.4.x series

[Polymorphic Anomaly]

Hello, I have been having trouble with a SNES controller on the parport,
where, on say, 2.4.8, the upper and left buttons are stuck "down" and
nothing else is accepted as input. In newer kernels, including the
2.4.9-ac10, it simply does nothing

any help would be greatly appreciated.

Poly