Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 08:26:35 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: mattias@schlenker-webdesign.de Cc: chris@tellme3times.com Subject: Re: device uscanner in GENERIC? Message-ID: <20040421.082635.132225726.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <40852B78.3060304@schlenker-webdesign.de> References: <408524AC.7040506@schlenker-webdesign.de> <40852A1F.2060605@tellme3times.com> <40852B78.3060304@schlenker-webdesign.de>
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Mattias Schlenker <mattias@schlenker-webdesign.de> writes:
: 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.
Hmmm, the cheap scanner I recently purchased worked great with xsane +
uscanner after a minor tweak to the uscanner list of supported
devices.
Warner
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