From: "Manfred Spraul" <manfred@colorfullife.com>
To: <toxischerabflussreiniger@gmx.net>
Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: writing device drivers for commercial hardware
Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2001 19:36:47 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <002f01c18e3c$493bead0$010411ac@local> (raw)
I'd start with:
- read the existing smartcard drivers
- check the windows driver - there is software that monitors the serial port and logs all calls.
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/portmon.shtml
Try to reverse engineer the protocol between the driver and the smartcard reader.
- open the smartcard reader, and check if you can identify the producer of the ICs that are used. Then try to find the datasheet.
google often helps.
- Ask the company that makes the smartcard reader - perhaps they'll help you?
I'm not sure if the driver should be user space or kernel space, but I'd definitively start in userspace.
Good luck,
--
Manfred
next reply other threads:[~2001-12-26 18:37 UTC|newest]
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2001-12-26 18:36 Manfred Spraul [this message]
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2001-12-31 10:08 writing device drivers for commercial hardware Sven Geggus
2001-12-26 17:57 toxischerabflussreiniger
2001-12-26 18:48 ` Alan Cox
2001-12-26 18:50 ` Bjoern A. Zeeb
2001-12-26 18:58 ` toxischerabflussreiniger
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