From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 8 18:17:44 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 436F516A418 for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 18:17:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michael.le_barbier@laposte.net) Received: from postfix2-g20.free.fr (postfix2-g20.free.fr [212.27.60.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAF6813C447 for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 18:17:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michael.le_barbier@laposte.net) Received: from smtp5-g19.free.fr (smtp5-g19.free.fr [212.27.42.35]) by postfix2-g20.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE08A20F2274 for ; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 16:47:54 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp5-g19.free.fr (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp5-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 920493F6174; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 18:48:43 +0100 (CET) Received: from Llea.celt.neu (ron34-3-82-236-236-194.fbx.proxad.net [82.236.236.194]) by smtp5-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8ED43F61E1; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 18:48:42 +0100 (CET) Received: from Llea.celt.neu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Llea.celt.neu (8.14.1/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lB8HsjEo002076; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 18:54:45 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from michael.le_barbier@laposte.net) Received: (from michael@localhost) by Llea.celt.neu (8.14.1/8.13.8/Submit) id lB8Hsgkb002075; Sat, 8 Dec 2007 18:54:42 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from michael.le_barbier@laposte.net) X-Authentication-Warning: Llea.celt.neu: michael set sender to michael.le_barbier@laposte.net using -f To: Predrag Punosevac References: <4757979F.5020109@highperformance.net> <4757B9CC.4030600@math.arizona.edu> <86wsrpaao5.fsf@Llea.celt.neu> <475A6CEA.8040500@math.arizona.edu> From: =?iso-8859-15?Q?Micha=EBl_Gr=FCnewald?= Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2007 18:54:41 +0100 In-Reply-To: <475A6CEA.8040500@math.arizona.edu> (Predrag Punosevac's message of "Sat\, 08 Dec 2007 03\:07\:38 -0700") Message-ID: <86hcitysv2.fsf@Llea.celt.neu> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: =?iso-8859-15?Q?Micha=EBl_Gr=FCnewald?= , "Jason C. Wells" , freebsd general questions Subject: Re: Scanner Compatibility X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2007 18:17:44 -0000 Predrag Punosevac writes: > Let me clarify firstly some things. Thank you very much for this very detailed answer, it's very nice from you! [SNIP] > In essence your scanner uses this file to explain the Sane the page > layout and graphics. So it is not a driver! If I do understand, this seems a close analogue of PPL files in the printing world, right? [SNAP] > I see no reason why should sane-backhands work any different on > amd64. Now you made clear that these binary blobs consist of data (and not of a cpu program), I do not see either. I will soon be able to tell :) > On another hand if you are using amd64 that tells me that you > are running serious production servers so why would you want to attach > a scanner to such machine is not really clear to me. In fact, I have no serious reason to run amd64 since I use my amd64 computer as a ``user workstation'' and the main benefit from running amd64 is to manage huge amounts of RAM --- as far as I can tell from the various docs I have read. My reasons to run amd64 are mainly geeky or childish :) > As I said before the handbook is excellent but here is my quick and > dirty step by step how to for scanners. [SNIP] Thanks a lot for this con tribution, --=20 Cheers, Micha=EBl