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From: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
To: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@gmx.de>, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>,
	linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tpm: atmel: depend on X86
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2026 21:35:20 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alvHaDuqU-HIm_G1@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260712183234.23125-1-kmehltretter@gmail.com>

On Sun, Jul 12, 2026 at 08:32:34PM +0200, Karl Mehltretter wrote:
> tpm_atmel probes for the chip at fixed x86 Super-I/O ports (0x4e) with
> inb()/outb(), so it only works on x86. TCG_ATMEL nevertheless depends
> only on HAS_IOPORT_MAP/HAS_IOPORT, which arm and arm64 also satisfy.
> There the probe is useless, and on platforms whose unbacked I/O access
> faults it oopses in init_atmel() at boot (e.g. arm/versatile):
> 
>   Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address fee0004e
>   PC is at init_atmel+0x34/0x244
> 
> TCG_NSC and TCG_TIS already "depends on X86" (commit 2f592f2a7d74 ("TPM:
> NSC and TIS drivers X86 dependency fix")); TCG_ATMEL was missed. Add the
> same dependency.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig b/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig
> index 8a8f692b6088..5f672f2c01b0 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/Kconfig
> @@ -163,8 +163,7 @@ config TCG_NSC
>  
>  config TCG_ATMEL
>  	tristate "Atmel TPM Interface"
> -	depends on HAS_IOPORT_MAP
> -	depends on HAS_IOPORT
> +	depends on X86
>  	help
>  	  If you have a TPM security chip from Atmel say Yes and it 
>  	  will be accessible from within Linux.  To compile this driver 
> -- 
> 2.39.5 (Apple Git-154)
> 

Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>

BR, Jarkko

      reply	other threads:[~2026-07-18 18:35 UTC|newest]

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2026-07-12 18:32 [PATCH] tpm: atmel: depend on X86 Karl Mehltretter
2026-07-18 18:35 ` Jarkko Sakkinen [this message]

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