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by warnellg
29. Jun 2015, 16:25
Forum: Windows Guests
Topic: Broadcom 5880 Smart Card Reader
Replies: 40
Views: 19671

Re: Broadcom 5880 Smart Card Reader

I'm not sure I follow. The smart card isn't being used as a storage device: it instead holds an authentication token that I need in order to interact with several applications. The 5880 provides an interface to these tokens.
by warnellg
29. Jun 2015, 03:30
Forum: Windows Guests
Topic: Broadcom 5880 Smart Card Reader
Replies: 40
Views: 19671

Broadcom 5880 Smart Card Reader

I'm running an Ubuntu 14.04 host and a Windows 7 guest. My laptop has a Broadcom 5880 smart card reader, which I need to use in the guest. I can pass it to the guest through the USB devices menu and some drivers do install. The Windows 7 guest device manager even reports that everything is working a...