From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 20 06:54:08 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69A2F16A4CE for ; Tue, 20 Apr 2004 06:54:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from virtual.schlenker-webdesign.de (virtual.schlenker-webdesign.de [213.133.110.108]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA8ED43D55 for ; Tue, 20 Apr 2004 06:54:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mattias@schlenker-webdesign.de) Received: from schlenker-webdesign.de (pD9EE1FDA.dip.t-dialin.net [217.238.31.218]) (authenticated bits=0)i3KDs6jP078813; Tue, 20 Apr 2004 15:54:07 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mattias@schlenker-webdesign.de) Message-ID: <40852B78.3060304@schlenker-webdesign.de> Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 15:54:00 +0200 From: Mattias Schlenker User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; de-AT; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040205 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chris , freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <408524AC.7040506@schlenker-webdesign.de> <40852A1F.2060605@tellme3times.com> In-Reply-To: <40852A1F.2060605@tellme3times.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: device uscanner in GENERIC? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 13:54:08 -0000 Chris wrote: > I did not have to recompile my kernel for my USB scanner to work and I > am using uscanner. > 5.1 5.2 both worked. > This may be... But many -- especially many cheap -- scanners nowadays work better with ugen/libusb or even just work with ugen/libusb. So removing "device uscanner" from GENERIC would mean that someone like you who *wants* to use uscanner has to load uscanner.ko, which is far less work than recompiling the kernel. In 4.x it worked perfectly for all sides. Removing "device uscanner" from GENERIC would result in a situation that is more close to the situation with 4.x than the situation today is. 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/