Re: Driver for Microsoft USB Fingerprint Reader

["Daniel Bonekeeper" <thehazard@gmail.com>]

hahahaha I wish I could... well, you are _always_ welcome to donate me
yours ! =P
I'll try more later to get one of those readers...

Reading Greg's comment, now I'm in doubt if this should really be in
kernel mode or at userspace. Since there is no standard (AFAIK) for
those readers, how should it be done ?

Another thing: where can I find documentation about the USB
architecture ? For example, I suppose that some (or all) USB devices
may have DMA capabilities... how is this done ?

[]'s
Daniel



On 7/3/06, Alon Bar-Lev <alon.barlev@gmail.com> wrote:
> Daniel Bonekeeper wrote:
> > 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 think that the TCRE3C is similar to the laptop one. I also
> hope that it is the same... Also the laptop integrated one
> is USB device.
>
> Here is my device information:
>
> Bus 003 Device 011: ID 0483:2016 SGS Thomson Microelectronics
> Device Descriptor:
>    bLength                18
>    bDescriptorType         1
>    bcdUSB               1.00
>    bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
>    bDeviceSubClass         0
>    bDeviceProtocol         0
>    bMaxPacketSize0         8
>    idVendor           0x0483 SGS Thomson Microelectronics
>    idProduct          0x2016
>    bcdDevice            0.01
>    iManufacturer           1 STMicroelectronics
>    iProduct                2 Biometric Coprocessor
>    iSerial                 0
>    bNumConfigurations      1
>    Configuration Descriptor:
>      bLength                 9
>      bDescriptorType         2
>      wTotalLength           39
>      bNumInterfaces          1
>      bConfigurationValue     1
>      iConfiguration          0
>      bmAttributes         0xa0
>        Remote Wakeup
>      MaxPower              100mA
>      Interface Descriptor:
>        bLength                 9
>        bDescriptorType         4
>        bInterfaceNumber        0
>        bAlternateSetting       0
>        bNumEndpoints           3
>        bInterfaceClass       255 Vendor Specific Class
>        bInterfaceSubClass      0
>        bInterfaceProtocol      0
>        iInterface              0
>        Endpoint Descriptor:
>          bLength                 7
>          bDescriptorType         5
>          bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
>          bmAttributes            2
>            Transfer Type            Bulk
>            Synch Type               None
>            Usage Type               Data
>          wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
>          bInterval               0
>        Endpoint Descriptor:
>          bLength                 7
>          bDescriptorType         5
>          bEndpointAddress     0x02  EP 2 OUT
>          bmAttributes            2
>            Transfer Type            Bulk
>            Synch Type               None
>            Usage Type               Data
>          wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
>          bInterval               0
>        Endpoint Descriptor:
>          bLength                 7
>          bDescriptorType         5
>          bEndpointAddress     0x83  EP 3 IN
>          bmAttributes            3
>            Transfer Type            Interrupt
>            Synch Type               None
>            Usage Type               Data
>          wMaxPacketSize     0x0004  1x 4 bytes
>          bInterval              20
>
>
> > 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 ?
>
> Oh... I really don't know...
> You can buy a new laptop :)
>
> Best Regards,
> Alon Bar-Lev.
>
>


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