[sane-devel] hp2300c

[Henning Meier-Geinitz]

Hi,

On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 01:11:47PM -0600, Frank Zago wrote:
> >So can sane-find-scanner really talkt to the scanner after that
> >change? Can I see the output of sane-find-scanner -v -v after the
> >change, please?
> 
> Yes, it can. Looking at the usb traces, it looks like it is very close, if 
> not identical, to a gl646. The registers used are the same, and the method 
> to access them is very similar to that of the gl640.

Ok. So I suggest you add another chipset to check-usb-scanner.c with
your changes (e.g. GL646HP). This way we can see which of the two
types is used in which scanners.

> It seems there is at least 3 hp usb scanners (3670, 3690, 2400) that have a 
> close chip. I'm only sure about the 3670 since that's the only one I found 
> usb traces.

Ok. Can you add this info to the information pages about these
scanners in CVS, please?

> Is it possible you set up a cvs tree for backends development (not specific 
> to a particular backend) 

I think so. I'm not sure if only project managers can do that. Try
yourself (with cvs import I guess). Currently we have:

CVSROOT
html
sane-backends
sane-frontends

What about "experimental" for external/testing backends?. It should be
clear from the name that this is not official.

If you can't do that, I will.

> and a mailing list for people interrested in the 
> GL scanner-on-chip dev? I don't want to use SF, and it would be better on 
> alioth anyway.

I guess that can only be done by project admins. We should make sure
that this list doesn't confuse "regular" SANE users. I'll think about
it.

> If you don't mind, I'd also like to see what code you have written for the 
> gl646.

See http://www.meier-geinitz.de/sane/genesys-backend/

I'll also add the HP scanners to this page.

When you have more code, links or anything else I should add, just ask.

I won't have enough time to do real coding in the next time but
answering questions and testing is possible :-)

Bye,
  Henning