[Buildroot] [git commit] tpm2-tss: new package

[Carlos Santos <casantos@datacom.ind.br>]

> From: "Peter Korsgaard" <peter@korsgaard.com>
> To: "Carlos Santos" <casantos@datacom.ind.br>, "Thomas Petazzoni" <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
> Cc: "buildroot" <buildroot@buildroot.org>
> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2018 5:43:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [git commit] tpm2-tss: new package

>>>>>> "Carlos" == Carlos Santos <casantos@datacom.ind.br> writes:
> 
> >> Thomas asked on IRC why this was x86 only. Can you explain why?
> 
> > Because it needs a hardware TPM, which as far as I know is available
> > only in some Intel processors (I tested it in a C3000 SOC).
> 
> Aren't TPM2 devices still available as small microcontrollers connected
> to the main processor over i2c/spi? I've seen ARM boards with such
> TPM1.2 devices, and I think Thomas mentioned an ARM board with a TPM2
> device connected over SPI.
> 
> In general, unless there is a build time dependency on architecture
> specific files or the package is very specific to a SoC or board I
> prefer to not hide packages, even if it is unlikely to be used on other
> architectures.
> 
> So I think we should remove the dependencies from tpm2-tss.

I agree.

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