From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266527AbUBERvq (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Feb 2004 12:51:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266530AbUBERvq (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Feb 2004 12:51:46 -0500 Received: from dodge.jordet.nu ([217.13.8.142]:35733 "EHLO dodge.jordet.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266527AbUBERvm (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Feb 2004 12:51:42 -0500 Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] remove USB_SCANNER From: Stian Jordet To: Greg KH Cc: Azog , Adrian Bunk , Tom Rini , Andre Noll , Linux-Kernel List In-Reply-To: <20040205173032.GI12546@kroah.com> References: <20040126215036.GA6906@kroah.com> <20040126215036.GA6906@kroah.com> <401A8A35.1020105@gmx.de> <20040130230633.GZ6577@stop.crashing.org> <20040202214326.GA574@kroah.com> <20040205003136.GQ26093@fs.tum.de> <20040205011423.GA6092@kroah.com> <1076001658.3225.101.camel@moria.arnor.net> <20040205173032.GI12546@kroah.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1076003405.9101.2.camel@chevrolet.hybel> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004 18:50:06 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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. Best regards, Stian