Subject: Re: supported hardware?
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From: None <mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu>
List: port-sparc
Date: 01/12/2000 12:06:13
On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, David Brownlee wrote:
> > > 4. Attach a film scanner (probably a Nikon) using SANE. I have used
> > > a borrowed Nikon scanner on an ELC running Solaris and there were a
> > > special SCSI-direct device needed. Is SCSI direct supported by
> > > NetBSD/sparc?
> >
> > Supposedly, SANE should work with either the unknown SCSI device 'uk0'
> > or the SCSI scanner device 'ss0', so put those in your kernel config
> > file. You won't need anything like the 'scg' driver under Solaris.
> >
> > Having said that, I was unable to get my scanner to work correctly under
> > SANE, but I only fiddled with it for an hour or so. If you are
> > successful, you might post a message.
> >
> You should probably use the 'uk0' rather than the 'ss0' device
> (comment out 'ss0' in your kernel config).
that is correct. I use a SCSI scanner with SANE and you have to do as
David said.
-Dan