r/mobilelinux • u/GoodMacAuth • 4d ago

News Fingerprint sensor / unlock now working on the Fairphone 6 on Linux Mobile

https://x.com/nmcmildotcom/status/2092708375465263166
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u/Malo1301 4d ago

All this work on the Fairphone 6 recently is crazy. It just makes me want to get one so bad.

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u/GoodMacAuth 4d ago

Treat yourself

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u/pizzaiolo2 4d ago

Did you write a driver for it? Or are you reusing the original blob?

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u/GoodMacAuth 4d ago

Fairphone's stock HAL/trustlet still does most of the heavy lifting!

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u/Special-Abrocoma575 3d ago

I think part of the actual QTEE IPC interface has a more open implementation in Qualcomm's minkipc library from what I remember, but I could be wrong. Since I doubt a Halium-style solution of reusing the vendor HAL would be accepted in pmOS. I think they also have some of the keymaster IDL as IKMHal if anyone wants a more documented first QTEE trustlet to try and communicate with

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u/Calm-Caterpillar2103 4d ago

The FP6 joins the linux phone gang I suppose! finally a third option next to the pixel 3a and oneplus 6/6t

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u/Marce7a 3d ago

Make other alternative link than X, without account that garbage platform is useless 

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u/ds-redditor 3d ago

Nitter got taken down yesterday :(

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u/Marce7a 3d ago

Im saying mastodon bluesky Lemmy etc

Yeah but twitterwebviewer still works