From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tgh Subject: Re: vTPM in dom0 Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:59:24 +0800 Message-ID: <47DDD07C.9020400@sina.com.cn> References: <20080314125209.204570@gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20080314125209.204570@gmx.net> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: Tom Buhl , xen-devel@lists.xensource.com List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org hi I am interested in vtmp, and does xen3.1 support vtpm or not? i have got=20 a hardware platform with tpm,i want to have a try with xen vtpm ,and i=20 want to kown wether xen3.1 support vtpm or not ? or how to use it in xen3.1 or xen3.2 =EF=BC=9F Thanks Tom Buhl =E5=86=99=E9=81=93: > Hi, > > yesterday I posted a question to the xen-users list concerning usage of= the TPM in dom0. > This is the original message: > "I am using Xen 3.2.0 and want to use the TPM in dom0. I have activated= vtpm and everything runs fine in my domUs. > The question is, how can I access the TPM in dom0? As far as I know vtp= m_managerd exclusively locks /dev/tpm0. As soon as I start vtpm_managerd = my own program cannot access the TPM anymore. Is there a vtpm instance fo= r dom0 like the ones for the user domains?" > > Anna Fischer replied with the suggestion to ask this list, if there has= been any development recently in that direction. Is there a way to use t= he TPM in dom0? > > Thanks in advance, > > Tom > =20