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<STRONG>From:</STRONG> Sebastien Sable (<A HREF="mailto:Sebastien.Sable@snv.jussieu.fr?Subject=Re:%20How%20to%20write%20a%20backend?&In-Reply-To=&lt;87puazohft.fsf@incubus.snv.jussieu.fr&gt;"><EM>Sebastien.Sable@snv.jussieu.fr</EM></A>)<BR>
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Pierre Abbat &lt;<A HREF="mailto:phma@oltronics.net?Subject=Re:%20How%20to%20write%20a%20backend?&In-Reply-To=&lt;87puazohft.fsf@incubus.snv.jussieu.fr&gt;">phma@oltronics.net</A>&gt; writes:
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<P><EM>&gt; If I need to reverse engineer the driver, do I need any special hardware? I
</EM><BR>
<EM>&gt; know someone with a data line monitor, but this is a parallel-port scanner.
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<P>No, you can use a modified ASPI driver under windows or a modified
<BR>
wine scsi driver to dump every packet. I explained it more or less
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into details in a mail some time ago on this list. However it is
<BR>
extremely boring and gives random results.
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<P><EM>&gt; How do I find the protocol? I asked Memorex for the technical specs and they
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<EM>&gt; told me it's not designed for Unix, which is a silly answer.
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<P>You have been introduced to the main problem of the linux driver
<BR>
writer : clueless manufacturers. You may try to lie by telling you are
<BR>
writing a driver for windows, or you are a potential very important
<BR>
customer needing linux support, or whatever reason, but that may not
<BR>
work... I am currently contacting braille displays manufacturers to
<BR>
write drivers for a project of mine: some are very interested, some
<BR>
really don't care and wouldn't give their (uninteresting, poorly
<BR>
designed) protocol for all the gold in the world.
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<P>bye
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