[fprint] Support for 138a:0090 (Validity Sensors Inc.) fingerprint reader

Rupanshu Ganvir rupanshu.ganvir at gmail.com
Wed Jul 6 21:36:42 UTC 2016


Hi,

That's a bummer. Is this the case with 138a:0050 as well?

--
Rupanshu

On Wed, 6 Jul 2016 at 17:01 Vasily Khoruzhick <anarsoul at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> It's not supported at the moment. This device uses encryption, so it's
> impossible to reverse engineer its protocol.
>
> I tried to contact Synaptics but got no response.
>
> Regards,
> Vasily
>
> On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 9:34 AM, Rupanshu Ganvir
> <rupanshu.ganvir at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I recently bought a Thinkpad X1 Carbon which has the fingerprint reader
> > mentioned above. Could someone help me out - if the above is supported
> and
> > if so, what steps should I follow?
> >
> > Output of lsusb:
> > Bus 001 Device 004: ID 138a:0090 Validity Sensors, Inc.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Rupanshu
> >
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