[sane-devel] Possible to make test backend to slow down?

[r. a. schmied]

Olaf Meeuwissen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Sorry, should have replied sooner :-/
> 
> I've seen the follow-up by Povilas and Allan but think my reply is more
> appropriate here.
> 
> r. a. schmied writes:
> 
> 
>>Olaf Meeuwissen wrote:
>>
>>>Jeff writes:
>>>
>>>>On my Debian system, I can edit /etc/sane.d/test.conf and change the
>>>>defaults.
>>>
>>>This is also documented in the manual page for the test backend.
>>
>>saners
>>
>>in particular genesys_gl847
>>
>>a query or two about <backend>.conf file
>>
>>  1) do all, most, some backends support such runtime argument
>>     alterations?
> 
> 
> Each backend basically does it own thing.  There is nothing that tries
> to impose any kind of "standard".  Some backends use it to tweak their
> device detection routines, other to set some defauls and some do a bit
> of both.
> 
> Your best bet is the sane-BE manual page for each BE backend.  Next best
> are the comments in the BE.conf file, if any.
> # In the sources, you can find them as backend/BE.conf.in.

ok i'll take a look.

ras

> 
> Hope this helps,
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