Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 15:25:00 +0200 From: Mattias Schlenker <mattias@schlenker-webdesign.de> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: device uscanner in GENERIC? Message-ID: <408524AC.7040506@schlenker-webdesign.de>
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Does it make sense to keep the entry device uscanner in the GENERIC configuration file? Most people nowadays use scanners via libusb which is also the default behavior if installing sane -backends (it depends on libusb) from the ports. In FreeBSD 4.x usually having "device uscanner" in your kernel configuration meant that the scanner was available both via uscanner and ugen. However in 5.x "device uscanner" blocks the scanner from being recognized. Since this makes it necessary to recompile the kernel just to use a USB scanner, I would suggest to deactivate device uscanner in GENERIC for future kernels to make the use of FreeBSD a bit more painless for newbies. If needed, uscanner.ko can still be loaded as a module. Thanks, Matt -- Mattias Schlenker / Tel 0851 9441369 oder 0160 7352988 Freyunger Str. 42 / http://ilw.schlenker-webdesign.de/ 94034 Passau / http://mattlog.schlenker-webdesign.de/
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