Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:25:08 +0530 | Subject | Re: Query related to MSR(Magnetic Stripe Reader) Device Driver | From | Priyaranjan Das <> |
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Hi Greg,
On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 10:06 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 03:02:32PM +0530, Priyaranjan Das wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I am working on MSR(Magnetic Stripe Reader) for a product . I wish to >> know whether any MSR( Magnetic Stripe/card Reader) driver is available >> in the current source or not. I need this for reference. Could anyone >> please help me? > > Most of these types of devices that I have worked with always show up as > a keyboard device (ps/2 pass-through or a USB hid device.) What type of > interface does your device present to the operating system? >
The MSR will be a part of a SoC. It is a memory mapped device hence there is no interface like USB. MSR IP contains an ADC which the driver will read and interpret the data. I am planning to write a Driver for the same. Will this driver fall under drivers/mfd/* ?
Regards, Priyaranjan
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