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
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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.
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