Re: Compile Xen with VTPM support

[Matthew Fioravante <matthew.fioravante@jhuapl.edu>]

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It uses the physical tpm. Hopefully they should all be in within a
month. Were working on it now.

On 09/28/2012 03:37 AM, Jordi Cucurull Juan wrote:
> Hi Matthew,
>
> As a rough approximation, when are you planning to submit the new vtpm 
> implementation? In the new coming weeks, months, year?
>
> And, is this new vtpm going to be linked to the physical tpm of the 
> machine or is going to be totally independent of it?
>
> Best,
> Jordi
>
>
> On 09/27/2012 05:43 PM, Matthew Fioravante wrote:
>> The current (old) vtpm implementation still sort of works. You have to
>> use xm and find a linux kernel with the tpmfront and tpmback drivers. I
>> believe the original xen 2.6.18 kernel has them. There may or may not be
>> newer kernels with these drivers.
>>
>> docs/misc/vtpm.txt should have everything you need to use it.
>>
>> That being said I'm in the process of submitting my new vtpm
>> implementation. So keep an eye on that activity if you're interested.
>>
>> On 09/27/2012 11:40 AM, Jordi Cucurull Juan wrote:
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> I am trying to compile Xen 4.2.0 with VTPM support. The documentation
>>> available inside Xen is from 2006. I am wondering if the current steps
>>> to enable VTPM support are the same written in the documentation or they
>>> have changed.
>>>
>>> Is it enough with setting the "--enable-vtpm" argument during the
>>> configure process? Furthermore, at that time Xen was providing the Linux
>>> Kernel as part of its sources. Have the current kernels to be patched to
>>> include the Xen VTPM drivers? If it is the case, where can we find the
>>> patches?
>>>
>>> Thank you in advance!
>>> Jordi.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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