A bit later than anticipated, I have created initial releases for the dpfp project, a driver for DigitalPersona and Microsoft USB fingerprint readers.
My last attempt at the driver/library thing failed – I learned more about the device, and decided I should take a few steps back and work with a different design.
So far, the rewrite is working out, so I’m releasing an early version for people to try. The driver provides a simple character device interface, and the library provides a nice API to that interface. libdpfp includes an example program which you can use to scan your fingerprint to a PGM file.
This isn’t for general usage yet. There are basic instructions in the README file in the dpfp-driver distribution.
If you have questions, please don’t ask them in comments on my weblog, use the mailing list instead. Enjoy!
I’m…. overwhelmed it worked great!.
btw to compile the C-source for the example use
: cc -ldpfp capture_finger.c -o capture_finger
NOTE: remember to build and install libdpfp first :)
My great thanks for this nice driver and library. gonna see if i can make use of this for a possible PAM Plugin with a tracing library.
To compile the examples, simply run “make” in the examples directory. libdpfp doesn’t even need to be installed (but does need to be compiled, run make in the parent directory first).