[ltp] New T42p and Fingerprint Scanner

[André Wyrwa]

On Fr, 2004-11-19 at 13:03 -0500, morpheus wrote:
> Hi,
> I just ordered a new T42p with the Pentium M model 765 2.1 GHz
> processor.  Apparently this one comes with a fingerprint scanner that
> lets you use scanning instead of passwords.  I imagine, though, that
> they've written some Windows apps to do this, so Linux is probably not
> supported.  Has anyone used this scanner under Linux?
> -m

Just stumbled across these pages...

http://www.google.de/search?q=cache:iwz40LqV-yUJ:www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx%3Fart%3D749+ibm+integrated+fingerprint+scanner&hl=de&client=firefox

http://www.crmbuyer.com/story/37017.html

It seems to me like linux support would raise and fall with how good the
Embedded Security Subsystem is supported. There is a driver for that,
but i guess that driver needs to be supported by software? Also it's
unclear to me, how well the driver supports the chip.

André.