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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 09:57:52 -0800
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Stian Jordet <liste@jordet.nu>
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Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] remove USB_SCANNER
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On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 06:50:06PM +0100, Stian Jordet wrote:
> 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.

Or fix this bug:
	http://bugme.osdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1418

That will make it easier for users too.

thanks,

greg k-h