Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:43:42 -0600 (MDT) From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: rizzo@iet.unipi.it Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/usb usbdevs uscanner.c Message-ID: <20080429.094342.74742248.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20080429085627.GA55779@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> References: <200804290051.m3T0pLrY088863@repoman.freebsd.org> <20080429085627.GA55779@onelab2.iet.unipi.it>
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From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/usb usbdevs uscanner.c Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:56:27 +0200 > On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 12:51:21AM +0000, Warner Losh wrote: > > imp 2008-04-29 00:51:21 UTC > > > > FreeBSD src repository > > > > Modified files: > > sys/dev/usb usbdevs uscanner.c > > Log: > > Add Epson DX8400 scanner. > > we really need a way to make these tables of device IDS/quirks > configurable at runtime! True. However, as I keep saying, we need the IDs to be a mapping to another compatible device, otherwise drivers will break. Many of them do different things for different IDs, and forcing the driver to swallow an ID doesn't know about has issues. Warner
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