linux-kernel - Re: ISO/IEC 7811 driver for Magnetic Cards.

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Date:	Mon, 04 Feb 2013 21:56:48 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Priyaranjan Das <priyaranjan456789@...il.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ISO/IEC 7811 driver for Magnetic Cards.

On 02/04/2013 09:08 PM, Priyaranjan Das wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am working on a Magnetic Card driver which would support ISO/IEC
> 7811 standard for track data. Can anyone tell me if such an
> implementation is available in existing kernel or not? I am basically
> looking for  code that implements the ISO/IEC 7811 standard or any
> similar standards.
>

You have to write a driver for whatever reader/writer you are using.  A 
lot of them simply show up as a USB HID (i.e. a keyboard) and thus don't 
need any driver at all.

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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