From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750975AbWGCIr7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jul 2006 04:47:59 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750989AbWGCIr7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jul 2006 04:47:59 -0400 Received: from mta09-winn.ispmail.ntl.com ([81.103.221.49]:30506 "EHLO mtaout03-winn.ispmail.ntl.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750975AbWGCIr6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jul 2006 04:47:58 -0400 Message-ID: <44A8DACA.1000605@gentoo.org> Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 09:52:26 +0100 From: Daniel Drake User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060603) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Daniel Bonekeeper CC: kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Driver for Microsoft USB Fingerprint Reader References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Daniel Bonekeeper wrote: > I would like to develop a driver for any kind of fingerprint reader > that currently doesn't have a driver for linux, and I'm open for > suggestions on which device I should use. My first thought was the > microsoft usb fingerprint reader > (http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=DG2-00002-DT&cpc=SCH) because > it's a new device (and, of course, doesn't have any driver for linux), > it's cheap, and it's from MS (read "would be fun" =) Already done (well, in development with early working code): http://dpfp.berlios.de > Another question: Is there any place (probably a webpage) where we can > see a list of hardware devices separated by category, and know if > there's already a driver for it (and the name/url of the maintainer) > or not, if there are plans to develop a driver for it or not, or to > form teams to develop it ? Like a webpage where I can browse and see > that the device X doesn't have any drivers for it (and people can go > and "vote" for a driver, so we can know which devices are most wanted > by users), and sign ourselves to develop it ? I think that it would be > cool. If there isn't anything like that, I can develop it myself and > somebody at kernel.org or another place could host it =] For USB devices there is http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/ Daniel