RE: [hpoj-devel] tonight's code changes

[PASCHAL,DAVID (HP-Roseville,ex1) <dav...@hp...>]

Obi-Wan wrote:
> OK, I was wrong in my earlier analysis.  -x follows symlinks just
> fine.  However, shared libs don't have to be executable, and in my
> case, it's not.  See the last line of the 'ls' output above.  -f
> or !-z are probably the best ones to use, but use -e if you wish.
OK, I didn't notice that.  I changed it to -f and checked it in.  Does it
work for you now?

> But there are no problems with running the current CVS tree on 2.4.5,
> right?  I'm currently running 2.2.16.  I want to start fiddling with
> FireWire stuff for my camcorder, which prefers the newer kernels.
There should be no issues with using hpoj with kernel 2.4.5, but let me know
if you do find any problems.

> > I take it you haven't tried running
> > "scanimage --test", because that has a tendency to lock up 
> certain models,
> > including yours.  I'm working on a fix for that problem right now.
> 
> No, I hadn't.  I ran it just now and it took 30 seconds to generate:
> 
> # scanimage --test
> scanimage: scanning image of size 5096x7014 pixels at 1 bits/pixel
> scanimage: acquiring gray frame, 1 bits/sample
> scanimage: reading one scanline, 637 bytes...   PASS
...
> Lest you balk at the time, remember that I'm running a K6-166 
> with 32MB RAM.
Try running "scanimage --test" multiple times in a row, and that's when
you'll probably see the problem.

David