Bug 5436

Summary: module scanner is missing from /drivers/usb/image folder
Product: Drivers Reporter: Nadav Kavalerchik (nadavkav)
Component: USBAssignee: Greg Kroah-Hartman (greg)
Status: REJECTED DOCUMENTED    
Severity: normal CC: nacc
Priority: P2    
Hardware: i386   
OS: Linux   
Kernel Version: 2.6.12 Subsystem:
Regression: --- Bisected commit-id:
Bug Depends on:    
Bug Blocks: 5089    

Description Nadav Kavalerchik 2005-10-14 01:44:45 UTC 
Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur: 2.6.9 (i think)  
Distribution: Fedora Devel  
Hardware Environment: Intel PIII 450 , UMAX 3450U (scanner)  
Software Environment: xsane 1.0.16  
Problem Description:  
missing scanner.o module in kernel tree (from folder /drivers/usb/image) 
  
Steps to reproduce:  
plugin the scanner (turn it on) or trying modprobe scanner.
Comment 1 Nishanth Aravamudan 2005-10-14 06:46:51 UTC 
I don't think there *is* a kernel scanner driver anymore. Since 2.6.4 maybe?

"With Linux 2.4.* you could either use the kernel scanner module or libusb to
access USB scanners.  In Linux 2.6.4 the kernel scanner module was removed.
Therefore with this and later kernels libusb must be used."

From: http://www.sane-project.org/README.linux

Greg, can this bug be closed?

Thanks,
Nish
Comment 2 Greg Kroah-Hartman 2005-10-14 10:25:07 UTC 
A kernel driver is not needed for the usb scanner, use xscane, it works just fine
using libusb.