Re: [Libchipcard-devel] [Muscle] Re: Defining default paths for chipcard drivers

Hello,

On 03/05/07, Martin Preuss <[email protected]> wrote:
> Also, currently there is no standard way how to use memory cards on every
> PC/SC implementation: pcsclite allows me to connect such cards by specifying
> the protocol "raw" but that doesn't work on Windows and it also doesn't work
> with some proprietary (binary-only) readers.

PC/SC v1 does not support memory cards. PC/SC v2 should support memory
cards. I have not read the new PC/SC specifications. I don't know if
Vista implements PC/SC v2.

AFAIK memory cards need a special communication protocol and the
reader should be configured for each different kind of memory card. So
this will have an impact on the PC/SC drivers. So it will take a
(very) long time to add support of it in most drivers.
I could not find anything related to memory cards in the CCID
specification. So it would use proprietary (and undocumented)
commands.

The support of memory cards with PC/SC lite is very compromised. But
patches are always welcome.

> And last, but certainly not least, is the issue with the definitions of DWORD
> etc which prevents mixing of 32- and 64 bit clients with one pcscd (or have
> this meanwhile been solved?

Not yet solved but it is on my roadmap. I want to release a new
version of pcsc-lite (1.4.1) and then work on this problem.

> And what about the byteorder stuff? Is that solved?)

What it the problem here?
Both clients and server in pcsc-lite are on the same machine.

Bye

-- 
  Dr. Ludovic Rousseau