[Pcsclite-muscle] Lenovo laptops, GNU/Linux and smart card readers?

[Michael StJohns]

On 9/11/2020 11:30 AM, Axel Braun wrote:
>
>>> ps - checking the X1 maintenance manual
>>> (https://download.lenovo.com/pccbbs/mobiles_pdf/x1_carbon3_hmm_en_sp40g550
>>> 65.pdf) seems to confirm the X1 does not support an integrated smart card
>>> reader.
>> Maybe Axel Braun's laptop is not an X1 Carbon (as in the maintenance
>> manual) but an X1 Yoga, or X1 Extreme?
>> But I could not find a smart card configuration for these models.
>>
>> Axel, can you give us the exact model you have with the Alcor Micro
>> smart card reader issue?
> Sure. The model code is 20QW-S0A800, sold as X1 Extreme Gen 2
>
> HTH
> Axel

Looking at the maintenance manual, that's the same chassis as the P1 Gen 2 (my machine).

https://www.ultrabookreview.com/39477-thinkpad-x1-exteme-p1-3rd-gen/

Assuming the minor changes between generations, the difference appears to be the video card and the supported processor.

Mike