is the existing sanei_udp code of any use to your driver? allan
On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 3:15 PM, Louis Lagendijk <louis at lagendijk.xs4all.nl> wrote: > hi, > I am looking for some recommendation on the following: > > Canon uses a proprietary protocol for communication to it's networked > multi-functional devices, called bjnp (ports 8611 - 8614) where port > 8612 (UDP and TCP) is used for scanning. I have done some reverse > engineering based on a packet dump from the Windows drivers and > developed a protocol implementation for the pixma backend. The protocol > pretty much carries the usb packets over IP. > > I have two options for releasing the code in Sane: > 1) as a new sanei option. > 2) as part of the Pixma backend > > I am looking for recommendations from the community for what is the > preferred option. On one hand one could argue that it should be part of > the pixma backend as the protocol is Canon specific. > > The protocol number have however been officially allocated by IANA, so > one could argue that moving it to sanei is the way to go. > > So far, I have modelled the interface after the sanei USB interface, > where I replaced the usb in the names by bjnp. > > So my question: > What is the preferred way forward: include as part of the pixma backend > or as part of sanei? > > best regards, Louis > > > -- > sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel > Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" > to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org > -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
