Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 14:14:06 +0100 (MET) From: Nick Hibma <nick.hibma@jrc.it> To: FreeBSD hackers mailing list <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: USB BSD list <usb-bsd@makelist.com> Subject: Re: MODERATE -- luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it wants to post a message to usb-bsd (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95q.981112141351.18870C-100000@elect8>
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> one thing that would really need work is SCANNER support. > > Currently in FreeBSD we have support for the following: > + SCSI through the generic interface; > + some handheld scanners through specific device drivers (gsc,asc) > but the vast majority of flatbed scanners out there are parallel-port > and now slowly moving to USB. For the former, there is no standard that > i am aware of, and manufacturers are collaborative as usual... > > I just hope that USB will also bring together a standardized way to > access devices so we don't have to get crazy with proprietary command > sequences (I am not so optimistic, the only area where I have seen this > happening is SCSI & ATAPI storage devices...) I see a future, in which Luigi has a place, spending his time on general interfaces... One option would be, like the mouse driver, design a sysmouse/sysscan device driver and make every driver look the same. If you want to use the specific features, use a program that uses specific features. I would appreciate it if you could step in and get the folks who wrote the SCSI scanner and handheld scanner device drivers together and get something going. Cheers, Nick -- ISIS/STA, T.P.270, Joint Research Centre, 21020 Ispra, Italy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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