There is no reason for that to be in the kernel. Priyaranjan Das <[email protected]> wrote:
>Hi Peter, > >On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 11:26 AM, H. Peter Anvin <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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. >> > >Thanks for your reply! > >However my question was more of related to ISO/IEC 7811 standard, As >this is the format of the data read from the magnetic card. I wish to >know whether any such module is there in the Linux kernel currently >which works to decode the data as per as these ISO standards. > >For e.g, > >The first track read from a magnetic card could be as per below >standard format : > >Track 1, Format : >Start sentinel — one character (generally '%') >Format code="B" — one character (alpha only) >Primary account number (PAN) — up to 19 characters. Usually, but not >always, matches the credit card number printed on the front of the >card. >Field Separator — one character (generally '^') >Name — two to 26 characters >Field Separator — one character (generally '^') >Expiration date — four characters in the form YYMM. >Service code — three characters >Discretionary data — may include Pin Verification Key Indicator (PVKI, >1 character), PIN Verification Value (PVV, 4 characters), Card >Verification Value or Card Verification Code (CVV or CVC, 3 >characters) >End sentinel — one character (generally '?') >Longitudinal redundancy check (LRC) — it is one character and a >validity character calculated from other data on the track. -- Sent from my mobile phone. Please excuse brevity and lack of formatting. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
