On Sun, Dec 03, 2017 at 03:48:06PM +0200, Lari Rasku wrote: > I've been thinking about getting a laptop with a Near Field Communication > module, but I'm worried if it'll work on OpenBSD. A search through the > mailing list archives, man pages and packages revealed only the the > qtconnectivity package, whose description holds the following paragraph: > > Qt NFC enables connectivity between NFC enabled devices. > Be warned that Qt NFC on OpenBSD may need some additional > components. > > Which seems to suggest that it's possible, but doesn't mention what those > "additional components" might be. Does anyone have any firm knowledge? >
I am quite certain that OpenBSD contains no drivers for any NFC devices. I have an NFC device in a laptop. If it is enabled in the BIOS OpenBSD hangs at boot due to an interrupt storm. I don't know if this happens on other machines, but you may even have to disable the NFC device in the BIOS in order to use OpenBSD at all...
