don't some usb smartcard drivers use kernel modules ?
i would like to encourage everyone to take a look at libusb.
it allows user space applications to communicate with usb
devices via /proc/bus/usb.

there might be an issue with setting permissions and hotpluggin,
i don't know. didn't look at permissions management in that filesystem
now.

for me, i don't feel very well with binary only kernel modules.
a binary only user space driver useing libusb would be better.
and open source driver is still the best thing. implementation in
userspace makes things maybe easier, at least easier to debug ?

for details on libusb go to www.linux-usb.org (.com ? not sure),
they have a link to it. libusb might work on some *BSD systems, too.
libusb is LGPL licenced.

andreas

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