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pcsc_scan detecting nfc card on windows, but not on linux

Open silentzer opened this issue 4 years ago • 4 comments

it detects the reader (which is a bcm5880) but not the card on linux, works fine on windows

os: Arch Linux (5.14.12-arch1-1) reader: 0a5c:5834 Broadcom Corp. 5880

silentzer avatar Oct 18 '21 17:10 silentzer

This reader is in my "Should work but untested by me" list https://ccid.apdu.fr/ccid/shouldwork.html#0x0A5C0x5834

Maybe only the contact interface is supported by my CCID driver.

LudovicRousseau avatar Oct 18 '21 17:10 LudovicRousseau

any plans on having full support for that reader?

silentzer avatar Oct 18 '21 22:10 silentzer

No plan for now. I added a note at https://ccid.apdu.fr/ccid/shouldwork.html#0x0A5C0x5834

I contacted Broadcom to know what they plan to do.

LudovicRousseau avatar Oct 19 '21 16:10 LudovicRousseau

Hi S1lentzer,

My name is Slavik Birger. I'm a developer for the contactless reader at Broadcom.

Glad that it works fine for you on Windows. This means that the device and the card are operational.

[Updating this answer with the latest information on this topic] - After internal review, we concluded that the contactless reader currently doesn't work in Linux and cannot be enabled. Unfortunately, the logic to initialize the device is available for Windows only at this time.

Thanks, Slavik

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SlavikBirgerBRCM avatar Oct 19 '21 19:10 SlavikBirgerBRCM

Broadcom does not want to support contactless on GNU/Linux.

I suggest you to buy a contactless reader from another manufacturer. Have a look at the list at https://ccid.apdu.fr/select_readers/index.html?features=contactless

LudovicRousseau avatar Aug 26 '22 14:08 LudovicRousseau