CCID descriptor statistics: bMaxCCIDBusySlots
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The bMaxCCIDBusySlots field is a number value from the CCID USB descriptor: Maximum number of slots which can be simultaneously busy.
If the CCID does not support queuing, it reports bMaxCCIDBusySlots equal to 01h; which means that the CCID will treat all commands synchronously.
| bMaxCCIDBusySlots | # | % |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 251 | 98.82 % |
| 0 | 1 | 0.39 % |
| 2 | 1 | 0.39 % |
| 5 | 1 | 0.39 % |
The normal value for a CCID interface is 1.
The value 0 is bogus. If only 0 slot can be busy (used) then the reader can be used at all. This is the case of the Feitian Technologies FT SCR310 reader.
The value 2 is used by the COVADIS Auriga reader. This reader also declares 3 slots (bMaxSlotIndex: 0x02) so 2 slots (among 3) can be used at the same time.
The value 5 is used by Teridian Semiconductors TSC12xxFV.09. This reader has 5 slots (bMaxSlotIndex: 0x04). So all the 5 slots can be used at the same time.
My CCID driver do not use this value. Only one slot of a reader can be used at the same time. This may evolve but only few readers would benefit some this improvement.