From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=42891 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PrvPN-00049c-Hr for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:48:18 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PrvPM-0000ml-CK for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:48:17 -0500 Received: from e3.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.143]:56966) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PrvPM-0000ja-9l for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:48:16 -0500 Received: from d01relay04.pok.ibm.com (d01relay04.pok.ibm.com [9.56.227.236]) by e3.ny.us.ibm.com (8.14.4/8.13.1) with ESMTP id p1MGRuix015615 for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:27:56 -0500 Received: from d03av06.boulder.ibm.com (d03av06.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.195.245]) by d01relay04.pok.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id p1MGllWP194878 for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:47:47 -0500 Received: from d03av06.boulder.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d03av06.boulder.ibm.com (8.14.4/8.13.1/NCO v10.0 AVout) with ESMTP id p1MGqQD1014201 for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2011 09:52:26 -0700 Message-ID: <4D63E8B2.5050702@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:47:46 -0500 From: Stefan Berger MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/5] Add TPM 1.2 device interface References: <1298043215-10083-1-git-send-email-andreas.niederl@iaik.tugraz.at> <1298043215-10083-2-git-send-email-andreas.niederl@iaik.tugraz.at> <4D5EA02D.4060801@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <4D5EAE53.9010301@iaik.tugraz.at> <4D5ED615.60801@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <4D629ACF.7000205@iaik.tugraz.at> In-Reply-To: <4D629ACF.7000205@iaik.tugraz.at> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Andreas Niederl On 02/21/2011 12:03 PM, Andreas Niederl wrote: > On 02/18/2011 09:27 PM, Stefan Berger wrote: >> On 02/18/2011 12:37 PM, Andreas Niederl wrote: > [...] >>> So I'm guessing that this library is not publicly available right now? >> Not via the fedora repository at least. So yum install does not work, yet. > Is the source code available in a public version control repository? > If so, could you please provide a URI to it? Here's the link to the review request including links to spec and source rpm: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=668052 > >>> Is this backend meant for integration into QEMU or does it run as >>> separate process? >>> >> The backend is meant for integration in Qemu. It runs as a thread. > I see. > Has there already been an effort to integrate this with the main project? > > No. Since the library is not available yet I haven't posted the code for the TIS and backend, yet. >>> How/Where could I integrate a passthrough backend like the one in this >>> patch series? >>> >> It's possible via similar mechanisms as you have, just the interface is >> bigger and main code calls into the interface at different times. I'd >> need to share the code with you. > I'd like to have a look at it. > Ok. I'll either share it here or via the mailing list. It may be later this week, though. Stefan