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diff --git a/system/pcsc-lite/README b/system/pcsc-lite/README index 9cb40b4caf..dfb6594514 100644 --- a/system/pcsc-lite/README +++ b/system/pcsc-lite/README @@ -1,16 +1,17 @@ PC/SC-lite (Personal Computer/Smart Card interface) +License: BSD This is a middleware to access a smart card using SCard API (PC/SC) Its purpose is to provide a Windows(R) SCard interface in a very small form factor for communicating to smart cards and readers. -It is compiled with --enable-usbdropdir=/usr/lib/pcsc/drivers +It is compiled with --enable-usbdropdir=<libdir>/pcsc/drivers This will be the destination directory for usb readers' drivers (ccid, cardman, -others). +and others). NOTE: drivers are not included and must be compiled and installed separately. -See /usr/doc/pcsc-lite-1.4.102/DRIVERS for more information on getting and -installing specific drivers. +See DRIVERS file in pcsc-lite's doc directory for more information on getting +and installing specific drivers. For serial and pcmcia readers only, it is necessary to edit files in /etc/reader.conf.d/ and run "/usr/sbin/update-reader.conf". @@ -21,6 +22,11 @@ output messages. Compiling with "APIDOC=1 ./pcsc-lite.SlackBuild" produces API .pdf documentation (mainly intended for developers). +pcsc-lite uses libusb for smart-card reader's detection. If you want to +avoid usb polling (according to upstream's advice), you can compile with +"HALD=1 ./pcsc-lite.SlackBuild" in order to use libhal for detecting your +reader. + To start PC/SC-lite daemon, run "/etc/rc.d/rc.pcscd start". For pcmcia readers, this daemon should be started after rc.pcmcia - this is most easily accomplished by adding the following to /etc/rc.d/rc.local: |