2005-03-03 20:00:13

by Pasi Savolainen

Subject: Re: [linux-usb-devel] [2.6 patch] remove drivers/usb/image/hpusbscsi.c

* Oliver Neukum <[email protected]>:
> Am Donnerstag, 3. M?rz 2005 14:38 schrieb Adrian Bunk:
>> USB_HPUSBSCSI was marked as BROKEN in 2.6.11 since libsane is the
>> preferred way to access these devices.
>
> That is true only if you limit yourself to users of SANE.
> Other, rarer scan systems like VueScan use it. At least last time
> somebody mentioned them.

Vuescan uses libusb these days, didn't need hpusbscsi last time I used
it.
I don't know about other (program-) users.


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2005-03-03 20:17:26

by Oliver Neukum

Subject: Re: [linux-usb-devel] [2.6 patch] remove drivers/usb/image/hpusbscsi.c

Am Donnerstag, 3. M?rz 2005 20:48 schrieb Pasi Savolainen:
> * Oliver Neukum <[email protected]>:
> > Am Donnerstag, 3. M?rz 2005 14:38 schrieb Adrian Bunk:
> >> USB_HPUSBSCSI was marked as BROKEN in 2.6.11 since libsane is the
> >> preferred way to access these devices.
> >
> > That is true only if you limit yourself to users of SANE.
> > Other, rarer scan systems like VueScan use it. At least last time
> > somebody mentioned them.
>
> Vuescan uses libusb these days, didn't need hpusbscsi last time I used
> it.
> I don't know about other (program-) users.

OK. That should solve the issue. It can go.

Regards
Oliver