Brad Sawatzky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Hi,

>> There's only one node created under /dev/bus/usb unfortunately, that's
>> a real problem with multifunction devices and the current permissions
>> scheme - it's hard to share the printer between CUPS and SANE.
>
> This is what was in the back of my mind.  I'm not sure how libsane
> identifies the correct scanner device in /dev/.  If the scanner can be
> accessed through more than one device ( ie. /dev/bus/usb/00X/00Y, and
> /dev/usbdevX.Y_epZZ) then the device libsane picks would depend on which
> device it tries first and was able to open.  If CUPS grabbed the
> /dev/bus/usb/ device first, would libsane keep searching and eventually try
> the /dev/usbdevX.Y* devices?  

libusb only knows about /dev/bus/usb for now, I don't know whether
there's something planned for the endpoint device nodes or not...

JB.

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