# Submitting new backend driver...

Chris Pinkham (cpinkham@billing.infi.net)
Wed, 1 Apr 1998 14:13:23 -0500 (EST)

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How do I go about submitting a new backend driver for SANE? I have made a
unified recursive diff with the following command:

diff -ruN sane-0.71.orig sane-0.71

with the .orig being from the original 0.71 tar.gz file and the sane-0.71
directory containing my new files and changes.

New Files:
backend/artec.c
backend/artec.h
backend/artec.conf

Modified files:
AUTHORS (added Artec to list of backends)
PROJECTS (added Artec to list as 'wip'
w/ my email & hardware)
backend/Makefile.in (added artec to PRELOADABLE_BACKENDS &
explicit dependencies section)

Should I also modify the sane-0.71.lsm and sane-0.71.spec files or how
should those be handled for the new Artec info/files?

No changes were made to the Changelog file as I wasn't sure if I should
do this.

I have the driver working for Lineart, Halftone, Gray, and Color modes,
and the following may be specified on the command line: --resolution, -x,
-y, --tl-x, --tl-y, --mode, and --contrast.

A word of congratulations on the authors and those who are working on this
project. I just received the documentation for my scanner last Thursday
from one of Artec's tech support people. I didn't imagine having the
scanner working under SANE/Linux this quick, but it was very easy to
integrate the new driver given the groundwork/code that already existed.

Chris

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