From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751229AbWGCSEw (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jul 2006 14:04:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751230AbWGCSEw (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jul 2006 14:04:52 -0400 Received: from py-out-1112.google.com ([64.233.166.182]:61314 "EHLO py-out-1112.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751229AbWGCSEv (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jul 2006 14:04:51 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=O2iqgpxLfpk7RiP7YzhkCaTuyqv8KkrmcjxNvfgG+HGaub8UIlqmHlrS5rl54z6B97ZMJIyHcPHnp/JCrml8KJI4Ejz4VcI5ac+kj9HLfglNIOa8+8w5rtESZSC/wFak9WBpBereK5QuVruwCqWTRker3JnxS6EtHPSHMmbaTN4= Message-ID: Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 14:04:50 -0400 From: "Daniel Bonekeeper" To: "Alon Bar-Lev" Subject: Re: Driver for Microsoft USB Fingerprint Reader Cc: kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <9e0cf0bf0607030304n62991dafk19f09e41d69e9ab0@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <9e0cf0bf0607030304n62991dafk19f09e41d69e9ab0@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello Alon ! Unfortunately I don't have an accessible thinkpad laptop (luckly the external usb devices may work the same way). From the USB readers at http://www.upek.com/products/usb.asp, which one do you think that fits better the hardware on your laptop ? I was looking for any place that sells those devices and I could not find any online (even though I found lots of SDK and matching engines that supports them, like VeriFinger). Is there any place where I can buy one of those readers ? Daniel On 7/3/06, Alon Bar-Lev wrote: > On 7/3/06, Daniel Bonekeeper wrote: > > Hello everybody. > > > > I would like to develop a driver for any kind of fingerprint reader > > that currently doesn't have a driver for linux, and I'm open for > > suggestions on which device I should use. My first thought was the > > microsoft usb fingerprint reader > > (http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=DG2-00002-DT&cpc=SCH) because > > it's a new device (and, of course, doesn't have any driver for linux), > > it's cheap, and it's from MS (read "would be fun" =) > > Please consider UPEK reader. > It is available on all new Thinkpad laptops, and the vendor provides > only binary drivers. > > http://www.upek.com/support/dl_linux_bsp.asp > > I hate when vendors like ATI, Conexant and UPEK publish binary drivers > without publishing the chipset spec... They should decide whether > their IP is on the software part or on the hardware part, if it is on > the hardware part, they are making money in selling the hardware. If > it is on the software part, there is no reason why not providing the > information for others to write software to work with the primitive > hardware. So in either case there should be full hardware interface > disclosure. > > Best Regards and Goodluck! > Alon Bar-Lev. > -- What this world needs is a good five-dollar plasma weapon.