GemCore based PC/SC reader drivers

Description: Gemplus GemCore Reader Driver for Linux MUSCLE PC/SC driver

This library provides PC/SC IFD handler implementation for Gemplus GemCore based serial and USB smart cards readers.

Serial readers:

• GemPC410
• GemPC412
• GemPC413-SL
• GemPC415

USB readers:

• GemPC430
• GemPC432
• GemPC435

Those drivers are needed to communicate with the Gemplus smartcard readers through the PC/SC Lite resource manager.

Source download:

• 8 April 2012, ifd-gempc-1.0.7.tar.gz, ifd-gempc-1.0.7.tar.gz.asc, README, Changelog

Authors:

• Jean-Luc Giraud
• Ludovic Rousseau

Licence:

The files in GemPC410/ are under GNU General Public Licence.

The files in GemPC430/ are under a BSD-like licence (except main.c which is under GPL but is not needed to build the driver).

The files in common/ are under a double licence BSD-like and GNU General Public Licence. except the files ifdhandler.c, ifdhandler.h and pcscdefines.h which are originally written by David Corcoran and are under the BSD-like licence.

That means that the GemPC 410 driver is under GNU General Public Licence, and that the GemPC 430 driver is the BSD-like licence or the GNU General Public Licence at your choice.

Supported platforms:

GemPC410, 412, 413, 415 (serial reader)

• GNU/Linux
• FreeBSD
• OpenBSD
• NetBSD is not supported since I have problems using the serial port on this OS

GemPC430, 432, 435 (USB reader)

• GNU/Linux
• MacOS X
• FreeBSD
• OpenBSD

Available binaries:

The drivers are also available as packages libgempc410 and libgempc430 .

Documentations

These documentations comes from the Muscle web site. They are old but I do not have more up to date documentations.

• GemCore Chipset Controller Software, Version 2.0, February 1998, PDF documentation.
• OROS Reference Manual, Version 2.33, March 1997, PDF documenation.

since 13/09/2001.

Ludovic Rousseau, (c) 28 October 2001, last update 12 April 2003.