Vendor syntax error

[Klaus-Peter Schrage]

Net Llama! wrote:
> On 05/08/04 17:05, Harry G wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, 2004-05-08 at 19:35, Net Llama! wrote:
>>
>>> On 05/08/04 14:23, Harry G wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 2004-05-08 at 16:39, Net Llama! wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On 05/08/04 12:34, Harry G wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, 2004-05-08 at 12:17, Net Llama! wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 05/08/04 08:58, Harry G wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am installing a HP scanner on my wifes system.  I do a cat
>>>>>>>> /proc/bus/usb/devices, and it returns the following info for the
>>>>>>>> scanner:
>>>>>>>> P:  Vendor=03f0 ProdID=2b11 Rev= 1.00
>>>>>>>> S:  Manufacturer=Hewlett-Packard
>>>>>>>> S:  Product=PSC 2170 Series
>>>>>>>> S:  SerialNumber=MY38OF85N873
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> But when I try to do a insmod command using the given specs, I get:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Harry:/# insmod scanner vendor=03f0 product=2b11
>>>>>>>> Using /lib/modules/2.4.24-x1/kernel/drivers/usb/scanner.o
>>>>>>>> /lib/modules/2.4.24-x1/kernel/drivers/usb/scanner.o: invalid 
>>>>>>>> argument
>>>>>>>> syntax for vendor: 'f'
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Any ideas why it returns the error?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> perhaps the value that you're supplying for the vendor parameter 
>>>>>>> of the scanner module isn't valid?  what if you leave out the 
>>>>>>> vendor parameter?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It will work only if I leave both the vendor and product= parameter:
>>>>>> Using /lib/modules/2.4.24-x1/kernel/drivers/usb/scanner.o
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But then I try to do a scanimage --list-devices, I get:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something 
>>>>>> different,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> what do you get if you run that scanner module through modinfo ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> modinfo -d scanner
>>>> "USB Scanner Driver 0.4.15"
>>>
>>>
>>> Try without -d
>>
>>
>>
>> OK.
>>
>> Harry:/home/harry# modinfo scanner
>> filename:    /lib/modules/2.4.24-x1/kernel/drivers/usb/scanner.o
>> description: "USB Scanner Driver 0.4.15"
>> author:      "Henning Meier-Geinitz, henning at meier-geinitz.de"
>> license:     "GPL"
>> parm:        vendor int, description "User specified USB idVendor"
>> parm:        product int, description "User specified USB idProduct"
>> parm:        read_timeout int, description "User specified read timeout
>> in seconds"
> 
> 
> That's your problem then.  vendor & product both must be integers. 
> You're entering hex values.
> 
Harry, try
	insmod scanner vendor=0x03f0 product=0x2b11
According to scanner.txt in the kernel source documentation, the numbers 
should be given with the leading 0x's.
Lonni, sorry to correct you: 'integer' designates the format of the 
internal representation (I think it is a two-byte number), not the input 
format. Integers may well be written in hex.
Klaus