Issue 273 in libnfc: No NFC device found on Intel Ultrabook

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New issue 273 by andreas....@googlemail.com: No NFC device found on Intel
Ultrabook
http://code.google.com/p/libnfc/issues/detail?id=273

I've got an Intel developer Ultrabook. It never went into regular sale.
It's got an NFC reader under the touchpad which worked well under Windows.
Now that I run Ubuntu 14.04 (beta) and having installed the Debian SID
packages of libnfc, the reader isn't detected by libnfc:

$ nfc-scan-device -v
nfc-scan-device uses libnfc 1.7.0
No NFC device found.

Nfctool can see the reader:

$ nfctool -l
nfc0:
Tags: [ ]
Devices: [ ]
Protocols: [ Felica MIFARE Jewel ISO-DEP NFC-DEP ]
Powered: No
RF Mode: None
lto: 150
rw: 15
miux: 2047

Let me know if I can provide more information.

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Comment #1 on issue 273 by andreas....@googlemail.com: No NFC device found

on Intel Ultrabook
http://code.google.com/p/libnfc/issues/detail?id=273

I have several NFC related messages in my dmesg:

[ 2.044071] mei_me 0000:00:16.0: irq 44 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 2.064433] mei_me 0000:00:16.0: NFC MEI VERSION: IVN 0x1 Vendor ID 0x0
Type 0x0
[ 2.294592] microread_mei: Probing NFC microread

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Comment #2 on issue 273 by yob...@gmail.com: No NFC device found on Intel
Ultrabook
http://code.google.com/p/libnfc/issues/detail?id=273

nfctool is from neard, which supports some readers compatible with libnfc
(pn533) and some not compatible with libnfc so you've first to figure out
which one you have exactly.

Try
lsmod|grep nfc
I think it should indicate which other driver is loader for nfc.
If it's pn533, you can try:
* stop neard, remove pn533 kernel module and try libnfc
If it's not pn533, there is no hope.

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Comment #3 on issue 273 by andreas....@googlemail.com: No NFC device found

on Intel Ultrabook
http://code.google.com/p/libnfc/issues/detail?id=273

It says:

$ lsmod | grep nfc
nfc 95012 14 hci,microread

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Updates:
Status: Invalid

Comment #4 on issue 273 by yob...@gmail.com: No NFC device found on Intel
Ultrabook
http://code.google.com/p/libnfc/issues/detail?id=273

So it's the Inside Secure Microread NFC controller.
Sorry, not supported by libnfc!
I will now close this ticket.

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Comment #5 on issue 273 by andreas....@googlemail.com: No NFC device found

on Intel Ultrabook
http://code.google.com/p/libnfc/issues/detail?id=273

Do you plan to support that reader in future? Is there anything I can do to
help make it happen?

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Comment #6 on issue 273 by yob...@gmail.com: No NFC device found on Intel
Ultrabook
http://code.google.com/p/libnfc/issues/detail?id=273

No there is no plan from the devel team.
We're open for incusion in libnfc but it's really up to contributors as:
* we don't have the hardware
* we don't have the spec of the hw
* we don't have the time (already so much on our todo list)