On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 03:54:00PM +0200, Mattias Schlenker wrote: > Chris wrote: > > >I did not have to recompile my kernel for my USB scanner to work and I > >am using uscanner. > >5.1 5.2 both worked. > > > > This may be... But many -- especially many cheap -- scanners nowadays > work better with ugen/libusb or even just work with ugen/libusb. So > removing "device uscanner" from GENERIC would mean that someone like you > who *wants* to use uscanner has to load uscanner.ko, which is far less > work than recompiling the kernel. _Works better_ means you've forgot to send a bug report for uscanner. Even just works shouldn't happen. > In 4.x it worked perfectly for all sides. Removing "device uscanner" > from GENERIC would result in a situation that is more close to the > situation with 4.x than the situation today is. The situation you desribed with 4.x is more likely an ugly hack. Either uscanner takes the device/interface or not. Taking the device and still handle it as untaken calls for troubles. -- B.Walter BWCT http://www.bwct.de bernd_at_bwct.de info_at_bwct.deReceived on Tue Apr 20 2004 - 05:01:28 UTC
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