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From: Brad Hards <bhards@bigpond.net.au>
To: Pete de Zwart <dezwart@froob.net>
Subject: Re: 2.4.19: drivers/usb/printer.c usblpX on fire
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 13:30:14 +1000
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On Sun, 11 Aug 2002 11:36, Pete de Zwart wrote:
> Yeah, that makes sense, it's not the kernel's job to take care of the
> printers status beyond the basics.
>
> Make the printer drivers like a pseudo-micro-kernel, have the basic printer
> operations done in the kernel and have the rest of the functionality farmed
> out to individual printer modules.
WTF?

> Ignoring the above, where should the functionality for the extended printer
> operations reside?
Depends on printer service. Irrelevant to kernel.

> In the print spooler? A separate process that deals with a bunch of
> printers?
Depends on printer service.

> If this is going off-topic for LKML where would be a better place to
> discuss this?
ML for whatever printer service you want to use.


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