[sane-devel] where to put firmware files?

[Oliver Rauch]

Henning Meier-Geinitz schrieb:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> All the scanners supported by the gt68xx backends need an firmware
> upload before they can be used properly. As the licence situation is
> unclear, I don't provide the firmware itsself. However, the backend
> will search one (or more) directories for the correct firmware file.
> 
> Currently I'm using /usr/local/lib/sane as the default directory for
> these files as they are binary objects. But as they are
> platform-independent, shouldn't be the default path for such files
> SANE_DATA_DIR "/sane" (by default "/usr/local/share/sane")?

I think both places are ok but I would prefer /usr/local/share/sane.

I suggest to create a subdirectory "firmware":
/usr/local/share/sane/firmware

Bye
Oliver

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