This is correct. The resource manager is now included with pcsc-lite. I
removed pcsc-full because it was very large and hard to maintain and I
didn't write it in a modular fashion so it could be broken apart depending
on what features were wanted. Lite compiles in about 10 seconds compared
to 20 minutes on pcsc-full.
Of course pcsc-lite will talk to the same drivers. The biggest difference
now is that pcsc-lite is 99.9% compatible with the Microsoft API whereas
the full version was no where near that. I will be adding card abstraction
to pcsc-lite over my upcoming break in one week so there should be a few
new releases before Y2K.
Regards,
Dave
>Hi,
>
>I see that the middleware software section only lists the pcsc-lite version
>0.4.0, does that mean that
>the resource manager is now included in the pcsc-lite distribution?
>
>What and where is pcsc-full?
>
>Thanx
>
>David Corcoran wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I released some new software on the site. pcsc-lite-0.4.0 is released with
>> stable RPC, support for multiple slots on the same terminal, allows
>> connections to multiple simultaneous readers and resource managers. I
>> fixed the SCardStatus function so all the functions are now compliant to
>> the Microsoft API. I abstracted the ifd layer for easy porting to other
>> platforms such as Macintosh.
>>
>> I also released a new driver for the Todos Argos Mini and a new driver for
>> the Schlumberger Reflex 62. All new drivers will not include autoconf
>> anymore.
>>
>> A new fully working release of the Litronic driver will be made soon in the
>> next couple of days.
>>
>> I also released SKAM again - it is a script based GUI smartcard formatter
>> for use with Qt (KDE). It works fully with the latest pcsc-lite.
>>
>> As always, please send questions/comments. I will be releasing smartcard
>> plugins for the Macintosh later this month.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Dave
>>
>> David Corcoran Purdue University
>>
>> 1008 Cherry Lane MUSCLE Smartcard Developers
>> West Lafayette, IN 47906 http://www.linuxnet.com
>> 765-463-0096 317-514-4797
>>
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>>
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>Alwyn Schoeman
>Systems Engineer
>Prism Secure Solutions
>
>
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