From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 12 23:11:32 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 314A316A420 for ; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 23:11:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fli+freebsd-hackers@shapeshifter.se) Received: from mx1.h3q.net (manticore.shapeshifter.se [212.37.5.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2DA443D45 for ; Sun, 12 Feb 2006 23:11:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fli+freebsd-hackers@shapeshifter.se) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx1.h3q.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 464521A8EC for ; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 00:11:29 +0100 (CET) Received: from mx1.h3q.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mx1.h3q.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 35611-06 for ; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 00:11:26 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.0.83] (81-234-243-91-o926.tbon.telia.com [81.234.243.91]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.h3q.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CED61A8E5 for ; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 00:11:25 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <43EFC098.1010602@shapeshifter.se> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 00:11:20 +0100 From: Fredrik Lindberg User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050928) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at h3q.net Subject: UPEK TouchChip TFM/ESS Fingerprint BSP driver for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 23:11:32 -0000 Hi all, I just thought that I let you know that UPEK [1] has released a native FreeBSD driver (binary only, closed source) for their fingerprint sensors. UPEK manufactures alot of fingerprint sensors, both built-in and standalone usb-readers. You can find them for example in several notebooks (IBM, Asus, Samsung, NEC, etc). There is a full list avaiable at http://www.upek.com/customer/pcnetworking/default.asp The driver itself is avaiable at http://www.upek.com/support/dl_freeBSD_bsp.asp and works as a module to the BioAPI [2] framework. I've also written a small quick-starting guide which covers the basics, it's avaiable at http://shapeshifter.se/articles/upek_touchchip_freebsd/ Please keep in mind that this is all quite new and should be treated as "beta code". I should probably point out that I'm not affiliated with UPEK in any way except for providing their developers guidance in porting their Linux driver to FreeBSD. Also, I would like to thank the guys over at UPEK, especially Martin Konecny, for making this possible. Fredrik Lindberg [1] http://www.upek.com [2] http://www.bioapi.org