Hi! lsusb -v shows the field 'iSerial'. I have some readers which use '0' for this field, which means they don't include a serial number. A value bigger than 0 is the index to the USB string, which contains the actual serial number.
You could try to use a hash of the full USB descriptor as identifier. This works if readers of the same type differ in some fields. However, I don't know if this will always work for any kind of reader family. Cheers, Frank. On Friday, November 09 at 09:38AM, Jean-Michel Pouré - GOOZE wrote: > Dear all, > > Simple question as usual. > > Readers with smartcards have a serial number, i.e.: > opensc-tool --serial > Using reader with a card: Feitian ePass2003 01 00 > 68 35 10 17 17 05 12 01 h5...... > > But do smartcard readers without smartcard have serial numbers? > > Running lsusb -v on hardware, I don't see any serial number for each > smartcard reader connected to a USB hub. > > The reason for the question is that I would like to build a 8x8 > smartcard readers bench when readers are numbered from 1 to 64. The > bench could be used for testing or mass initialization. > > How to identify a smartcard reader plugged using USB > BEFORE a smartcard is inserted in the reader? > > Kind regards, > -- > Jean-Michel Pouré - Gooze - http://www.gooze.eu > _______________________________________________ > opensc-devel mailing list > opensc-devel@lists.opensc-project.org > http://www.opensc-project.org/mailman/listinfo/opensc-devel -- Frank Morgner Virtual Smart Card Architecture http://vsmartcard.sourceforge.net OpenPACE http://openpace.sourceforge.net IFD Handler for libnfc Devices http://sourceforge.net/projects/ifdnfc
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