Hello, 2011/12/14 Umberto Rustichelli aka Ubi <[email protected]>: > On 10/18/2011 09:03 AM, Ludovic Rousseau wrote: >> >> >>> The [Install] section is used when someone runs 'systemctl enable' / >>> 'systemctl disable' on the pcscd.service file. When a user runs the >>> command, the WantedBy=multi-user.target line adds the pcscd.service >>> dependency to the multi-user.target, effectively marking pcscd to always >>> start up on system boot. I can imagine that some people would want to do >>> that, but I'm personally fine with killing that use case. >> >> OK. I will remove it. >> The only reason I find to start pcscd at boot is because pcscd is slow >> to start. This can happen if you have _a lot_ of USB readers or slow >> to setup readers like serial ones. >> > > Ludovic, I've been busy for some time and not reading the list... so this > mail comes late I fear.
No problem. > I engineered an appliance which has sold more than 50 parts in Italy, mainly > to local authorities; I think this is the kind of successful product you can > be proud of -meaning: of course, it uses pcscd! I always accept money donation. > There is a _VERY_ high number of smart cards conncted to that (actually I > changed the code for supporting more than 16 readers) and I start pcscd at > boot because operations must begin at boot-time; I think that allowing the > daemon to be switched on when I need is definitely required here (and even > stopping it, even if at the moment I do not see a reason why). > Also, when attaching many smart cards, I want to be sure to perform scanning > when they are all connected and seen by the USB/system, meaning pcscd should > be already on or, alternatively, off until I'm sure that all the USB have > settled, then I switch it on. > Am I keeping control over this, or by what I understand I'm going to miss > the opportunity to launch/stop pcscd? I'm worried... You can continue to start pcscd at boot if you do not use systemd. You can configure systemd to start pcscd at boot. You can configure systemd to start pcscd on demande (default now) Don't worry, you can still do what you want with pcsc-lite. Maybe I will write a new blog [1] article about how to configure systemd to start pcscd at boot. Thanks for your question. Bye, [1] http://ludovicrousseau.blogspot.com/ -- Dr. Ludovic Rousseau _______________________________________________ Muscle mailing list [email protected] http://lists.drizzle.com/mailman/listinfo/muscle
