[Muscle] new (beta) pcsc-lite 1.4.99-svn-2760

[Alon Bar-Lev]

What was wrong with udev?
Is hal mandatory?
Can both be used and one selected at runtime?

I am asking because I also use pcscd at initramfs... And I guess hal
will not be available there.

Alon

On 1/22/08, Ludovic Rousseau <ludovic.rousseau at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I propose you to test a beta version of pcsc-lite. This version
> provides a new way to detect USB reader connection and disconnection
> using HAL [1] (and dbus, udev, etc.)
> libhal is now the default library used instead of libusb. This will
> avoid an active polling loop in pcscd (bad design).
>
> I would like you to test this beta version (available at [2]) and
> report bugs and problems.
> It looks like libhal is only available for Linux but I may be wrong.
> If you use a non-Linux system I am also interested in your feedback.
>
> Two other active polling loops are still present inside pcsc-lite and
> are on the road map for removal.
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> [1] http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal
> [2] http://ludovic.rousseau.free.fr/softwares/pcsc-lite/
>
> --
>  Dr. Ludovic Rousseau
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