linux-kernel - Re: driver for thinkpad fingerprint sensor

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Date:	Wed, 2 Aug 2006 16:07:36 -0500
From:	"Josh Boyer" <jwboyer@...il.com>
To:	"Pavel Machek" <pavel@...e.cz>
Cc:	"kernel list" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, vojtech@...e.cz
Subject: Re: driver for thinkpad fingerprint sensor

On 8/2/06, Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Here's GPLed driver for thinkpad fingerprint sensor. It is in
> userspace -- for now, but it is so simple it could be easily moved
> into kernel (everything is done in hardware).
>
> Questions are:
>
> *) should it be kernel or userspace?
>
> *) can someone test it/fix it on X41 and similar models? It works okay
> on x60.
>
> *) are there other similar sensors? I know one in-kernel driver that
> produces images, this is quite different.

The z60m has a sensor as well.  I give this a shot soon and see if it works.

josh
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