Hello! On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:13:02 +0100, James Westby wrote: > On (07/02/07 23:39), Luca Capello wrote: >>>> [2] I still have a problem, because e.g. "PAM module for the SGS >>>> Thomson Microelectronics fingerprint reader" is longer than >>>> the expected 60 characters for the short description. >>>> Suggestions welcome! >>> >>> Perhaps you can drop the word "Microelectronics" from the short >>> description. >> >> Yes, this was my choice after Rafael Laboissiere privately >> suggested. > > Is it really manufactured by SGS Thompson? Is it not from ST > Microelectronics? I didn't think the SGS Thompson name was used any > more, even if it still exists.
From Wikipedia [1] The ST group was formed in June 1987 from the merger of two semiconductor companies Società Generale Semiconduttori (SGS) Microelettronica of Italy and Thomson Semiconducteurs, the semiconductor arm of France's Thomson. In May 1998, the company changed its name from SGS-THOMSON to STMicroelectronics following the withdrawal of Thomson SA. While it seems that the driver is manufactured by UPEK [2], indeed on my X60 with BIOS 2.05 and Debian kernel 2.6.18-4-amd64 I've: ===== [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/bus/usb/devices [...] T: Bus=04 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=01 Dev#= 13 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 1.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=0483 ProdID=2016 Rev= 0.01 S: Manufacturer=STMicroelectronics S: Product=Biometric Coprocessor C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr=100mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 3 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=(none) E: Ad=81(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms E: Ad=02(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms E: Ad=83(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 4 Ivl=20ms [...] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ===== So, it seems the best name would be STMicroelectronics, I'll bring this up to upstream ;-) Thx, bye, Gismo / Luca Footnotes: [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STMicroelectronics [2] http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Integrated_Fingerprint_Reader
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