Re: 2.6.1-rc1, scanner.ko, oops

From: John M Flinchbaugh
Date: Sat Jan 03 2004 - 23:08:03 EST


On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 02:51:54PM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 01:35:01PM -0500, John M Flinchbaugh wrote:
> > i tried my canoscan 670u scanner with 2.6.1-rc1's scanner module,
> > xsane 0.91, sane 1.0.13. (also, i'm using ohci-hcd on a tyan
> > thunder s2462ung.)
> Can you try not using the scanner module? xsane should work just fine
> using libusb, talking to the device from userspace with no kernel
> module.

it does indeed work using libusb. i had gotten the impression
that the scanner module may not be the preferred path these
days. is this correct?
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