[Muscle] PCI smart card readers on Linux

[Todd Denniston]

Bart Trojanowski wrote:
> In May I wanted to know if anyone knew about drivers for a couple PCI
> smart card readers I found in laptops.
> 
> http://lists.drizzle.com/pipermail/muscle/2007-May/006555.html
> 
> I didn't get any bites, so I thought I would try again.
> 
> Is it the case that no PCI-based smart card readers are supported?
> Is the fact that these two are in my possession a rare and unfortunate
> coincidence?
> 
Possibly.
I have an SCR241, that at one time we had working with FC3, but IIRC we had to 
patch the kernel to make that one work.  I think the patch was something to 
make it look like the reader was connected to a serial port, and then you 
could point pcscd at it.  In the mean time we have come to the realization 
that it is a lot easier to deal with the cord and just get one that works 
right, i.e., uses the CCID protocol:
http://pcsclite.alioth.debian.org/ccid.html
http://pcsclite.alioth.debian.org/ccid.html#CCID_compliant
and some of them are only around $20.

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Todd Denniston
Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane)
Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter