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