Re: [PATCH RFC] drivers/tpm: add xen tpmfront interface

[Daniel De Graaf <dgdegra@tycho.nsa.gov>]

On 04/11/2013 10:17 AM, Ian Campbell wrote:
> On Fri, 2013-03-22 at 22:28 +0000, Daniel De Graaf wrote:
>> This is a complete rewrite of the Xen TPM frontend driver, taking
>> advantage of a simplified frontend/backend interface and adding support
>> for cancellation and timeouts.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Daniel De Graaf <dgdegra@tycho.nsa.gov>
>> ---
>>
>> This patch does not include the v1 interfaces from linux-2.6.18-xen.hg
>> in include/xen/interface/io/tpmif.h, since they do not pass checkpatch
>> due to their use of typedefs, are not 32/64-bit clean, and are not used
>> in this patch.
>>
>> This patch relies on the mini-os patch to tpmback/front:
>>
>>      [PATCH v5.1 01/12] mini-os/tpm{back,front}: Change shared page ABI
>>
>> which should be sent as a reply.
>
> I think the Xen side and the Linux side can be committed independently
> though, right? Did you want to CC LKML and the tpm subsystem maintainers
> there?
>

I did CC tpmdd-devel on the non-RFC version of this patch (sent on the 26th)
although I neglected to CC LKML. I agree that the Xen and Linux sides can
be committed independently; I will send a v2 of this patch out soon with one
additional change from the v1.

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Daniel De Graaf
National Security Agency