Andreas Jellinghaus wrote: > > I'm running a recent ArchLinux on a Thinkpad x60t and installed a > > CardMan4040 pcmcia card reader. > > OpenCT works, at least I get an ATR: > > Buy a real card reader, CardMan 4040 never worked right in all these > years, as far as I know.
Not so. I'm using one with great success since a couple of months. Everything works perfectly. > I reported bugs with the unstable kernel driver, and IIRC the > developer had moved on to more interesting topics already, so I > guess those remain unfixed. What was unstable, and what was the issue? Is there still a kernel bugzilla entry? > Who wants to use old and undocumented hardware, Documentation for the hardware is available, just not publically. The hardware is actually CCID, but wrapped in a thin PCMCIA layer. > when there are nice alternatives with companies wanting to be > supported and giving you support and documentation etc? Please > vote with your money. Omnikey are a pretty nice company. Also, as I'm sure you know, there are not very many PCMCIA readers available. The 4040 seems by far the best for Linux, and as I said, I back that by zero problems. Niclas, I'll reply to your message with some details about my setup. //Peter _______________________________________________ opensc-devel mailing list opensc-devel@lists.opensc-project.org http://www.opensc-project.org/mailman/listinfo/opensc-devel
