From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jarkko Sakkinen Subject: Re: Is vTPM the right name for the new functionality? Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 19:06:17 +0200 Message-ID: <20160311170617.GA18840@intel.com> References: <20160311104304.GA14787@intel.com> <201603111526.u2BFQd1g012339@d03av03.boulder.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201603111526.u2BFQd1g012339-MijUUJkLaQs+UXBhvPuGgqsjOiXwFzmk@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tpmdd-devel-bounces-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org To: Stefan Berger Cc: tpmdd-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org List-Id: tpmdd-devel@lists.sourceforge.net On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 10:26:26AM -0500, Stefan Berger wrote: > Jarkko Sakkinen wrote on 03/11/2016 > 05:43:04 AM: > > > > > Hi Stefan, > > > > This is something I would like discuss and get other points of views. > > > > The thing that I would like to rise is the name of this new subsystem. > > The keyword 'vTPM' is already heavily referenced in contexts for more > > "full stack" solution of virtualization [1]. > > > > If I look at this new functionality it is essentially a proxy and not > > much else, isn't it? You can apply for Linux containers but alone it is > > proxy tool. With the current name it is too easy to confuse it with > > existing solutions. > > Fine by me. I can rename it to tpm_proxy.c and reference to it as the > virtual TPM proxy driver or TPM emulator proxy driver, which I think > describes it well. It's not a 'Proxy TPM'. > The title of the cover letter for the patches would then be > > Multi-instance vTPM proxy driver Sounds fair. And I enjoyed reading that research paper :) > Stefan /Jarkko ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transform Data into Opportunity. Accelerate data analysis in your applications with Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library. Click to learn more. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=278785111&iu=/4140