[Pcsclite-muscle] Problem using a "GnuPG card V2" smartcard with a "Gemalto USB Shell Token V2" reader

[Ludovic Rousseau]

2014-12-10 11:46 GMT+01:00 Nicolas Boullis <nboullis at debian.org>:
> Hello,
>
> On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 06:11:38PM +0100, Ludovic Rousseau wrote:
>>
>> I had problems on USB3 with some recent Gemalto readers.
>> See patch http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pcsclite-cvs-commit/2013-June/006203.html
>>
>> The patch is included since CCID driver version 1.4.11.
>>
>> The patch has issues in some cases and will be removed in the next
>> version of the driver.
>> https://alioth.debian.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=314871&group_id=30105&atid=410086
>>
>> Try again with a CCID driver version >= 1.4.11
>
> I just tried to rebuild the ccid package version 1.4.7-1 after adding
> your patch from
>   http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/pcsclite/?view=revision&revision=6650
> and it now seems to work fine. Thanks a lot for your help!

Great.

> However, I don’t really understand where the problem lies. I tried my
> reader behing a USB2 hub (with the hub connected on a USB3 port), and it
> failed. I can’t figure out how the reader "knows" that it is connected
> on a USB3 port when it is behind a USB2 hub…

Surprising.

> Moreover, if I read
>   http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pcsclite-cvs-commit/2014-October/006576.html
> correctly, that patch is unneeded with the latest firmware for the
> reader. Should I consider upgrading my reader’s firware? Do you know
> where I can find the latest firmware and upgrade instructions? I had a
> look at Gemalto Support website with no success.

I think the firmware is in ROM (and not in EEPROM or Flash) so you
can't upgrade it.
Maybe you can ask your reseller for an reader exchange.

Bye,

-- 
 Dr. Ludovic Rousseau