Sorry for the thread revival but this looks interesting. These guys claim to have a GPL'ed driver for the fingerprint reader:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/thinkfinger Chris On 12/13/06, Chris Kuethe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 12/13/06, Marc Balmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Michael wrote: > > Hi, > > > > will there be any support for the fingerprint sensor on the newer > > Thinkpads (anytime soon)? > > > > Linux: > > http://toe.ch/~tsa/ibm-fingerprint/ > > http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_enable_the_fingerprint_reader > > http://www.qrivy.net/~michael/blua/ > > > > Vendor SDKs: > > Linux: http://www.upek.com/support/dl_linux_bsp.asp > > FreeBSD: http://www.upek.com/support/dl_freeBSD_bsp.asp > > These are binary only (BLOB) drivers w/o source code. If you can find > source code that would be better. With the current state of affairs (no > source code, only BLOB) you will never get support for this device in > OpenBSD . If you're still curious though, there is a fairly stagnant project at sourceforge that might offer some insight into what you're asking for - fvs.sourceforge.net. Sometimes you can find the sensor docs - like for authentec - but many times there are very significant errors (like with authentec). I started hacking on an authentec driver some years ago. I was getting data back from the sensor but then I stopped caring. UPEK and DigitalPersona seemed quite unwilling to release enough register documentation to make an open, multiplatform driver a worthwhile pursuit - even if you did buy the SDK. They're free to build closed, windows-only software, and you're free to ignore them. CK -- GDB has a 'break' feature; why doesn't it have 'fix' too?
