[fprint] Broadcom BCM5880

[Fralaltro]

Hi guys,

I don't know if I'm writing in the right place.

I have a new Dell laptop with a Broadcom BCM5880 with fingerprint reader
and it's not supported on Linux.

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:8000 Intel Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
*Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0a5c:5801 Broadcom Corp. BCM5880 Secure
Applications Processor with fingerprint swipe sensor*
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 1bcf:2985 Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

I'm able to sniff USB packets in Windows through USBPcap with Wireshark.

Would you be interested in trying to create a driver for this?

It seems to be quite a common chipset in many laptops.

I would love to help, possibly learning something from all this.

Let me know.

Best,

Fran
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