Description of problem:
pcscd keeps spinning up the hard disk on laptop.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Installed Packages
Name       : pcsc-lite
Arch       : i586
Version    : 1.5.2
Release    : 2.fc11


How reproducible:

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  service pcscd start
2.  sysctl -w vm.block_dump=1
3.  while true; do sleep 10; date; dmesg -c | grep -v "kjournald\|pdflush"; done

(no need to insert a smart card or anything.)

Actual results:

every 10 seconds:
pcscd(1709): dirtied inode 5732 (pcscd.pub) on dm-0
pcscd(1709): dirtied inode 5732 (pcscd.pub) on dm-0

Seems like it writes to /var/run/pcscd.pub every 5 seconds. But as far as I can tell nothing is changing.

Expected results:
Be idle and stay idle until a smart card is inserted.

Additional info:
Bug that got me to test and find this: bug #454582

Solution so far: chkconfig pcscd off