Re: tpm-correct-tpm-timeouts-to-jiffies-conversion.patch -> 2.6.27

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:10:08 -0400 Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:

> On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:03:52 +0200, Marcin Obara said:
> 
> > > Why?  I wasn't aware that this fixed anything which anyone had observed
> > > (pokes tongue out at the changelog).
> > >
> > 
> > This fixes i.e.: long hang while loading TPM driver, if TPM chip
> > starts in "Idle" state instead of "Ready" state.
> > Without this patch - 'modprobe' may hang for 30 seconds or more.
> > Please, push this patch into 2.6.27.
> 
> I personally don't care whether this goes into .27 or waits till .28.  However,
> I *would* appreciate it if we make sure that whenever it goes go upstream, we
> also send tpm-work-around-bug-in-broadcom-bcm0102-chipset.patch at the same
> time.
> 
> I have to admit that it's not exactly confidence inspiring - if the Broadcom
> chip gets timeout units wrong, what *other* issues lurk in its silicon?  It's
> bad enough when you find bugs in a RAID chipset or mouse hardware - it's even
> worse when it's a security chip.. ;)
> 

hm, it's rather a lot of patching just to fix a once-off 30-second
pause.  On second thoughts, let's do it all in 2.6.28.