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From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: john slee <indigoid@higherplane.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: dx2xx.c ?
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 11:51:50 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20021104195150.GI6635@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20021104113649.GA17478@higherplane.net>

On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 10:36:49PM +1100, john slee wrote:
> did this become "obsolete" in lunix 2.5?  yes, while gphoto2 is a better
> solution (less crap in kernel) it would be nice to have something that
> actually works and doesn't require a huge app to do stuff.  opendis is
> also able to delete files from the camera, while gphoto2 can't...
> 
> what would i have to do to reinstate this driver in 2.5/2.6, bearing in
> mind that i'm primarily a perlite that understands C, rather
> than the other way around...

There are a number of different user programs that obsolete the dx2xx.c
driver.  You have pointed out that gphoto2 works nicely :)

Because of this the driver will not go back into the tree.  If you want
more information, please see the linux-usb-devel list archives.

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2002-11-04 19:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-11-04 11:36 dx2xx.c ? john slee
2002-11-04 19:51 ` Greg KH [this message]
     [not found]   ` <20021105065628.GJ19015@higherplane.net>
2002-11-05  7:27     ` Greg KH

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