Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 4 Nov 2002 11:51:50 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: dx2xx.c ? |
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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,
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