Hello,
Well, I took a small break (vacation) from everything but I'm back now. I
will be releasing software this week.
First, I will release a pcsc-lite (0.7.5) that will support automatic
insertion and removals of reader devices in a hot pluggable environment.
This is especially useful in Mac OS X with USB but when Linux USB drivers
become available this will also be useful there. It would also be possible
to write a daemon that would look for serial port locks and look for PnP on
COM ports and notify pcscd when PnP smartcard readers are on the serial
port so that other serial devices could be used while pcscd is running.
In an environment where USB readers are available /etc/reader.conf will no
longer need to be used. On Mac OS X when using a USB reader this will not
have to exist. The resource manager will give a warning but will start
anyway and wait for reader insertion.
It also includes stringified error responses so you can actually make some
sense of the error returns that come from the functions. I added some
better error traps when pcscd starts to look for other running pcscd's or
previous lock files.
Second, the Utimaco Cardman driver will be released on the website this
week either on Tuesday or Wednesday.
Let me know suggestions/etc.
Best Regards,
Dave
David Corcoran Purdue University
1008 Cherry Lane
West Lafayette, IN 47906
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
765 - 427 - 5147 http://www.linuxnet.com
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