Re: Scanner experiences

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Bob Bernstein <poobah%ruptured-duck.com@localhost> writes:

> Apr 12 15:59:01 nebby /netbsd: [ 90497.9861323] ugen0 at uhub0 port 7
> Apr 12 15:59:01 nebby /netbsd: [ 90497.9861323] ugen0: EPSON (0x4b8)
> EPSON Scanner (0x122), rev 2.00/1.10, addr 4
>
> I found this site: https://wiki.netbsd.org/scanner/ and followed the
> link 'SANE:Supported Devices' to this page:
>
> http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html#Z-EPSON
>
> ...where the following typifies the entries that match 0x122:
>
> GT-F570 USB 0x04b8/0x0122 Unsupported supported by the
>    epkowa backend plus non-free interpreter epson2
>
> At this point the wiki page gives instructions for configuring and
> re-making the kernel. Two concerns give me pause:

You can always upgrade to more recent current if you really need to
build a kernel.

But, I expect this to really work, if it can work, via libusb on ugen,
rather than a kernel scanner driver.