Sounds great.. Great job, Lukáš Let's hope something positive comes out of it.
Kunal On Tuesday 02 Nov 2010 3:05:15 am Lukáš Karas wrote: > Hi All. > > I looked for documentation for Validity's sensor VFS451 last months. I would > like publish informations that I collect. > > Validity Inc. provide documentation only for its partners - > http://www.validityinc.com/support.aspx . In theirs partners is HP among > other > companies. HP really has documentation for Validiy's hardware, they provide > its own bios with fingerprint authorization... HP's partners on Linux market > are Novell and RedHat. > > So, I was send emails to all - HP Linux support, Prague office of Suse and > RedHat office at Brno (Czech Republic). > > Suse / Novell: No response. Some messages on internet say that Prague office > of > Suse was canceled, so email was probably last. > > RedHat: Theirs partnership with HP is about servers. They haven't access to > documentation for hardware on HP's Notebooks. > > HP: Almost one month nothing. And then I get message from Lester Wade. > Follow our comunication (Lester agreed with publishing on fprint mailing list) > > > Thank you for contacting HP. > > > > You have reached the HP team focused on addressing questions and > > feedback from our customers regarding Linux on HP products. > > > > I'm sorry for the delay in responding to your message. > > > > Sometimes we partition component manufacturers to release their hardware > > specifications so we or the community can write a driver for that > > component. However, unfortunately in this case we are not able to > > provide you with the hardware specifications for the Validity reader, if > > at all available from Validity, these would be under strict NDA. With > > this comes issues despite the obvious NDA agreement; such as whether we > > could Open Source the driver etc. > > > > I forwarded your kind offer of help to the engineering teams and they > > will keep you in mind should they require assistance. > > > > Kind Regards, > > > > Lester Wade > > Program Manager > > next message: > > > Hi Luk, > > > > I'd like to follow up with you in regards to my previous email, dated 22nd > > October. > > > > I have information from our engineering teams and Validity Sensors Inc, > > in the form of the following statement: > > > > > There are no open source drivers available for any of the Validity > > > sensors, and the hardware interfaces are proprietary to Validity Sensors, > > > Inc. HP is working directly with Validity who will provide a working > > > solution with Novell SLED 11 for x86 by the end of the year. > > > This solution will provide an API integration with fprint using > > > a proprietary daemon from Validity. This solution may or may not work > > > with your Linux distribution, but it will be available for you to try. > > > > I hope this information is useful. > > > > Kind Regards, > > > > Lester Wade > > Program Manager > > my reply: > > > Hi Lester > > > > I'm not happy that this daemon will be proprietary. But it is still good > > message. Proprietary solustion is better than current state... > > > > Thank you for this message. Can I resend it to public fprint mailing list? > > Many users are waiting for each information about driver for this > > hardware... > > > > Lukas > > and last: > > > Please feel free to forward my communication to the fprint mailing list. > > > > Indeed, at this stage a proprietary solution is better than nothing. > > Novell, HP and Validity will work to ensure this solution is integrated > > into a future SLED11 update. > > > > Personally I would also prefer to see an Open Source solution to this, > > however this is outside of our control. Has the fprint project had any > > engagement with Validity Sensors Inc.? It may be worth taking a request > > to them on behalf of the Open Source community. > > > > Kind Regards, > > Lester Wade > > Program Manager > > > > So... It is better than nothing. I would be happier for published > documentation... But, I look forward what HP will publish and hope that > it will be useful users... > > Best Regards, > Lukas > _______________________________________________ > fprint mailing list > fprint@reactivated.net > http://lists.reactivated.net/mailman/listinfo/fprint > -- Kunal _______________________________________________ fprint mailing list fprint@reactivated.net http://lists.reactivated.net/mailman/listinfo/fprint
