Hi, On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 11:29:17AM +0100, Tim Waugh wrote: > Is there any good reason not to use (for example) '/dev/usb/scanner0' > instead of '/dev/usbscanner0' in the various SANE .conf files? Usage seems to vary between distributions, at least when I started writing sane_usb, users used both types. Even the Linux kernel documentation isn't sure about the correct place. devices.txt says "/dev/usb/scanner*" while usb/scanner.txt lists "/dev/usbscanner*".
sane-find-scanner and sanei_usb.c use both file names to be on the safe side. The config files that use only /dev/usbscanner* are: coolscan2.conf, plustek.conf, umax.conf. Other backends use either /dev/usb/scanner* or both. For backends that use auto-configuration, that shouldn't matter too much. Is /dev/usb/scanner* the right one? Do all distributions follow this standard? Bye, Henning
