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SubjectRe: Driver for Microsoft USB Fingerprint Reader
On 7/3/06, Daniel Bonekeeper <thehazard@gmail.com> 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.

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