[PATCH] USB: mark the scanner driver as obsolete

On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 11:21:58AM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> Can't you use xsane without the scanner kernel driver?  I thought the
> latest versions used libusb/usbfs to talk directly to the hardware.
> Because of this, the USB scanner driver is marked to be removed from the
> kernel sometime in the near future.

After a bit of mucking around (and possibly finding a bug with debian's
libusb/xsane/hotplug interaction, nothing seems to run
/etc/hotplug/usb/libusbscanner and thus only root can scan, anyone whose
got this working please let me know), the problem does not exist if I
only use  libusb xsane.

How about the following:

drivers/usb/image/Kconfig

@@ -18,13 +18,15 @@ config USB_MDC800
 	  module will be called mdc800.
 
 config USB_SCANNER
-	tristate "USB Scanner support"
+	tristate "USB Scanner support (OBSOLETE)"
 	depends on USB
 	help
 	  Say Y here if you want to connect a USB scanner to your computer's
 	  USB port. Please read <file:Documentation/usb/scanner.txt> for more
 	  information.
 
+	  This driver has been obsoleted by support via libusb.
+
 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 	  module will be called scanner.