Oliver Neukum wrote:
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> Subject: Re: HP 7400c info / Minolta Scan Dual II
> Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 16:16:38 EDT
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> In a message dated 5/3/2001 4:52:31 AM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> writes:
> > Our disagreement seems to be rather in the type of scanners that should
> > appear as scsi devices to user space.
> > If I understand Ed correctly, to him that would be all of them.
>
> That's correct - but I'd make it a generic scsi->usb driver that
> could easily be modified to add support for other usb peripherals
> that encapsulate scsi over usb.
>
> The reason USB is so messed up on Linux is that too many people
> took the easy way out instead of planning for the future. For instance,
> whoever wrote the scanner.c driver didn't even add the capability to
> ask the device what it's VID/PID is or to allow reading the interrupt
> channel. As a result, there are a slew of barely working drivers
> for scanners, and even these are kludges that are poorly tested
> (i.e. the HP5300 driver doesn't work with the Scan Dual II).
Hmm. Well, if there we get concensus that this is true, are you
willing to take a stab at creating a example implementation that does
things more optimally? If not, than if you would itemize the changes
you think would be needed, then someone else on in the USB development
community might be willing to make those changes.
Cheers,
Miles
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