Re: Install vTPM on Xen-4.2.2

[George Dunlap <george.dunlap@eu.citrix.com>]

On 29/05/13 12:56, Daniel De Graaf wrote:
> On 05/29/2013 05:56 AM, George Dunlap wrote:
>> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 9:00 PM, Daniel De Graaf 
>> <dgdegra@tycho.nsa.gov> wrote:
>>> On 05/22/2013 09:56 AM, Bei Guan wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I‘m trying to install vTPM based on Xen-4.2.2, linux-kernel 3.9.1 
>>>> (Dom0)
>>>> and TPM emulator. However, I cannot find the TPM backed driver in this
>>>> version of Dom0 linux kernel. There is no CONFIG_XEN_TPMDEV_BACKEND 
>>>> in the
>>>> kernel config file. The config file for Dom0 is attached. Maybe it
>>>> provides
>>>> some useful information.
>>>>
>>>> So, how to install a Xen TPM backend driver in the Dom0 linux-kernel.
>>>> Thank you very much.
>>>
>>>
>>> Unless you need to use Xen 4.2 for some reason, I would suggest 
>>> using the
>>> vTPM in Xen 4.3, as it works more reliably.
>>
>> You do realize 4.3 hasn't actually been released yet, right? :-)
>
> I assume anyone posting on xen-devel is willing to use pre-release
> software - especially as 4.3 is in a later RC now.

On the contrary, this is where users are meant to report bugs and ask 
technical questions that can't be answered by the people on xen-users.  
Where else was Bei Guan supposed to ask for help getting vTPM working in 
4.2?

  -George