Re: dx2xx.c ?

[Greg KH]

On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 10:36:49PM +1100, john slee wrote:
> did this become "obsolete" in lunix 2.5?  yes, while gphoto2 is a better
> solution (less crap in kernel) it would be nice to have something that
> actually works and doesn't require a huge app to do stuff.  opendis is
> also able to delete files from the camera, while gphoto2 can't...
> 
> what would i have to do to reinstate this driver in 2.5/2.6, bearing in
> mind that i'm primarily a perlite that understands C, rather
> than the other way around...

There are a number of different user programs that obsolete the dx2xx.c
driver.  You have pointed out that gphoto2 works nicely :)

Because of this the driver will not go back into the tree.  If you want
more information, please see the linux-usb-devel list archives.

thanks,

greg k-h