10/10/00
Oh, and don't forget to go into /dev and run "mknod uscanner0 c 156 0"
in order to creare the device node. Or "mknod uscanner1 c 156 1" if
you're going to have two scanners, et al.

-Derrick Klise

09/30/00
Made some adjustments to make it work with 4.1.1-STABLE/RELEASE, the usbdevs
header files should be copied into /sys/dev/usb along with uscanner.c and
uscanner.h unless you already have newer versions of them.

-Derrick Klise

Original Message from Nick Himba:
I've quickly thrown together a driver for USB scanners. Unforunately, I
don't have a scanner available that is supported by SANE, so I can't
test it.

The driver is a rip-off of the ugen, with some bits of udbp thrown in
for good measure. It relies on a very recent version of usbdevs, so make
sure your system is up to date.

I'd appreciate it if someone that has a supported scanner (see

	http://www.mostang.com/sane/sane-backends.html

) would pick this driver up and turn it into something that works. If
your scanner is supported by SANE, but not recognised by uscanner.ko,
add the id for your scanner (usbdevs -v) to usbdevs and uscanner.h and
recompile and try again.

To install it:

Install Gimp
Install Sane
Copy uscanner.c & .h (attached) to /sys/dev/usb
Mkdir /sys/modules/uscanner
Copy Makefile (attached) to /sys/modules/uscanner/
patch your kernel with the file uscanner.patch (attached)

	cd /sys/
	patch < /tmp/uscanner.patch

And compile &amp; load the thing

	cd /sys/modules/uscanner
	make load

Be warned! This driver will reboot your machine, break it, send your dog
on a holiday and will turn the weather into hail for the next three
weeks. If any of that does not happen, you just got lucky, don't have a 
dog or live in Scotland.


Let me know!

Nick

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