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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Kent Yoder <key@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>,
	Peter Huewe <peter.huewe@infineon.com>,
	Bryan Freed <bfreed@chromium.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] New TPM driver and features
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:46:25 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5011BAB1.6060300@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120726143101.GA24237@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

On 07/26/2012 07:31 AM, Kent Yoder wrote:
>        hw_random: add support for the TPM chip as a hardware RNG source

Could you clarify this?  rngd (the user of /dev/hw_random) already has 
support for the TPM... is this fundamentally different (e.g. can it 
coexist with tcsd being in use at the same time)?

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.


  reply	other threads:[~2012-07-26 21:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-07-26 14:31 [GIT PULL] New TPM driver and features Kent Yoder
2012-07-26 21:46 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2012-07-27 14:29   ` Kent Yoder
2012-07-27 15:08     ` H. Peter Anvin

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