Re: [Opensc-devel] Need for simple C_Initialize [was: Issues connecting to OpenVPN with Smartcard]

[Martin P. <ma...@ma...>]

On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 5:53 PM, Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
<n.m...@gm...> wrote:
> And that looks like a very good reason why C_Initialize should be
> simple in OpenSC and not take several seconds (e.g., by trying to probe
> the inserted cards). Consider enabling smart card support with opensc in
> a forking server and then realize that each child would wait 4-6 seconds
> for C_Initialize on creation, irrespective whether smart cards are used
> on it.

True, I can only think of some forgotten specifics for 2.11 why slots
are created on C_Initialize rather than C_GetSlotList.

Martin