[sane-devel] USB probing

[Karl Heinz Kremer]

You can get the major and minor device numbers from the device file.
The major device number will tell you if it's a SCSI or an USB
device.

Karl Heinz

Major A <andras at users.sourceforge.net> said:

> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I need some help from SANE developers:
> 
> Given a device file, how can I determine whether that is a generic
> SCSI or a USB scanner device? It seems that when I try to open a USB
> device file as a SCSI device and probe with INQUIRY, a USB timeout
> will occur. I don't think using a generic SCSI device file with some
> random USB scanner protocol is a good idea either.
> 
> So, is it possible to decide what interface the file stands for, or do
> I have to judge from the filename (example: "usb:/dev/scanner")?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>   Andras
> 
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