From: Gil Abel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: MUSCLE passing reset flags to drivers Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 13:25:16 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Could you explain the invalid ATR issue? We work with a lot of cards, including most of Schlumberger cards and didn't find an ATR that couldn't be handled properly. -----Original Message----- From: Jim Rees [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 8:23 PM To: Smart Muscleheads Subject: MUSCLE passing reset flags to drivers > >Our Todos driver does a number of things we find useful but that have no >equivalent interface in the ifd api. > >Here are two that we're struggling with now. One is a flag that tells the >driver to go ahead and use the card, with default timing and T=0, even >though the atr is no good. This is useful for Cyberflex and other cards >that have an invalid default atr. Another is a flag that says to parse the >atr to find its length rather than timing out. This is useful for cards >that actually have a valid atr (yes, they're rare but they do exist). Using >this flag cuts one second off the time needed to reset a card. > >What would be the best way to pass these flags through the ifd interface to >the driver? I think it has to be IFD_Set_Capabilities(). Right now we're >just inventing our own tags but maybe this should be standardized. >*************************************************************** >Linux Smart Card Developers - M.U.S.C.L.E. >(Movement for the Use of Smart Cards in a Linux Environment) >http://www.linuxnet.com/smartcard/index.html >*************************************************************** > David Corcoran Purdue University 1008 Cherry Lane West Lafayette, IN 47906 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 765 - 427 - 5147 http://www.linuxnet.com *************************************************************** Linux Smart Card Developers - M.U.S.C.L.E. (Movement for the Use of Smart Cards in a Linux Environment) http://www.linuxnet.com/smartcard/index.html ***************************************************************