[nycbug-talk] [Fwd: UPEK TouchChip TFM/ESS Fingerprint BSP driver for FreeBSD]

[George R.]

Okan Demirmen wrote:
> On Mon 2006.02.13 at 09:43 -0500, George Rosamond wrote:
>> For those who have FBSD on IBM ThinkPads, this is a binary, closed 
>> (icky) driver for the fingerprint reader.
> 
> and so is the freebsd ath (hal) driver - a closed binary blob.

Yeah, aware.

> 
>> Hopefully I'll be trying this out this week.
>>
>> (Thanks Massimo. . .)
>>
>> It would be nice to start centralizing in a NYCBUG format the various 
>> projects on ThinkPads, combining the various online resources with our 
>> experiences.  I personally haven't had a chance to do more than tpb, wpa 
>> & ath0 and a bit more on FBSD 6.0.
> 
> and don't forget tpwireless ... yank your intel and ath cards out!

Anyone use this with FBSD?  It's from OBSD, right?

Assume this was necessary to use your RALink with your X40, right?  From 
the descr:

<quote>

tpwireless sets the magic bit in an IBM Thinkpad's BIOS to disable checking
of a MiniPCI wireless NIC's PCI IDs against the inbuilt list of allowed 
ones.
This allows one to use a non-IBM authorised NIC in a Thinkpad.

</quote>

I wasn't aware that there were 'unauthorized' (what does that mean, 
indictible under the Patriot act?!?) mini-PCI nics.  Assume these are 
cards not sold by Lenovo/IBM.

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