Messages in this thread | | | From | "P. Christeas" <> | Subject | Re: Patch: usblp quirk for zebra printers | Date | Sun, 25 May 2008 12:03:45 +0300 |
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On Thursday 22 May 2008, Pete Zaitcev wrote: > On Wed, 21 May 2008 20:57:49 +0300, "P. Christeas" <p_christ@hol.gr> wrote: > > I guess such a quirk may be a little odd, but it has been a blocking > > point in my system not being able to support more than one printer. > Personally, I don't like this. In kernel, we typically try not to > fake things in lower levels in order to fool upper levels. >... > I'm cc-ing this to Tim Waugh.
I'm now working in a more "politically correct" way around that issue [1]. The outline is that we _add_ a backend to CUPS[2], which will bring back USB addressing by /dev/.. name. Then, we could implement udev rulesets which will create "by-id" symlinks to the usblpX devices. My work is at github under "cups-usbbackend".
[1] it is a blocking point for my business, as I cannot attach a second printer. [2] it could remain a complementary package until we really agree we want that code mainline.
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