On 7/3/06, Daniel Bonekeeper <thehazard@xxxxxxxxx> 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. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
