[PLUG] Anybody backported USB support to 2.2.16-3?

[Mike Leone <turgon@mike-leone.com>]

I'm interested in patching my 2.2.16-3 kernel, to make use of my USB
devices (I have an Epson printer and scanner). Has anybody done this?

A while ago, I had downloaded the patch (specifically,
usb-2.4.0-test2-pre2-for-2.2.16-v3.diff.gz). I just never got around to
installing. Well, now I want to install it. :-)

However, the Linux-USB web page (<http://www.linux-usb.org>) is .. shall
we say .. imperfectly clear. The latest patches linked there are for
2.2.18 (which is not yet released), nor do they give instructions on
exactly WHAT I'm supposed to do with this patch file I already have. I
mean, I can figure out I need to gunzip it. I can presume I uncompress
into /usr/src/linux. But how do I install it? 

>From digging thru other sources, I *think* I'm supposed to do "patch -p0
usb-2.4.0-test2-pre2-for-2.2.16-v3.diff" - in the /usr/src/linux
directory. But none of the docs I can see on the web page or it's links
seem to state this explicitly. Is that right? And then I'm supposed to
re-compile the kernel, turning on the new options? Anybody?

After that, I believe I need to get a program (or is it a driver? Still
not clear on that, either) called SANE. I've downloaded it, but one step
at a time. I'll hold off on THAT, until I can see some kernel boot
messages that say, "Oh, yeah - look; there's a USB controller and some
devices over there". :-)



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