Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 03:09:34 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: brian@worldcontrol.com Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: USB, scanners, and SANE? Message-ID: <199812201109.DAA43197@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 20 Dec 1998 03:12:21 PST." <19981220031221.A972@top.worldcontrol.com>
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> I've been poking around the USB website and seperatedly > noted the addition of support for USB under -current. > > Reading the www.usb.org site I mostly got the sense of Plug&Pray. > Basically, plug it in, don't worry be happy. > > My wife as a HP Scanjet 4100CXI on her PC running [censored]. > > I'd like to take a stab at getting it to work under FreeBSD. > I'm not above writing code. > > SANE has support for HP scanners of both SCSI and parallel port > versions. > > Via the existing FreeBSD USB support will it be possible for me > to create a communication channel for the SANE backend to talk > to the scanner? "a SANE backend", which someone will have to write. > HIDs and Classes (was it?) have me worried that I have to wait > for particular support for scanner class devices. But on the > other hand, maybe this is not that case, and perhaps I can use > some generic interface to access the scanner. You'll have to write a scanner class driver, yes. You *may* have to write scanner-specific code as well, depending on how nicely the scanner plays, and how useful the generic scanner class is (I haven't seen a document for it yet). > Any pointers or clarification on the FreeBSD USB interface > would be appreciated. Right now, the code is your friend. I think Nick is on the road for Christmas, but I could be wrong there. There are a couple of class drivers already implemented, so you've certainly got something to start with at least. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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