Re: [2.6 patch] remove USB_SCANNER

Stian Jordet
2004-02-05T17:51:46Z

tor, 05.02.2004 kl. 18.30 skrev Greg KH:
> On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 09:20:58AM -0800, Azog wrote:
> >
> > So, what are you all using / recommending for user space configuration
> > and control of a USB scanner under 2.6?
>
> xsane should work just fine, using libusb/usbfs.
>
> As this driver is no longer needed, and the driver is broken and no one
> has stepped up to fix it for over a month now, I'm removing it from the
> kernel tree.

I know it is broken, and obsoleted. But for those of us not using
hotplug scripts, it's quite a pity that you have to manually chmod the
files in /proc/bus/usb to be able to use a device with libusb as a
normal user. Just want to let people having trouble know that.

Best regards,
Stian