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Claude Code / AI Shows Potential For Reverse-Engineering Hardware For Linux Support
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I made the fingerprint sensor on my Lenovo 14s Yoga work thanks to Claude. It took 30 minutes.
Please make it available for others to use and not have to spend resources to do it again, ideally upstream it.
I did start a public a GitHub repo right after I made it work.
That's great, could you please share a link to that repository so that anybody interested could benefit from your work?
https://github.com/mfat/goodix-55a2-linux
I have been wanting my fingerprint device working too. Did it require a Claude subscription or would the free plan suffice?
I have the pro subscription ($20 a month)
idk about claude but the free version of Kimi is capable of helping you here. I use it for my linux tech support and it's very helpful.
Does Kimi k3 really have a free version?