I was originally going to post "how do I enable TXT in Linux kernel
2.6.37?" but I figured it out. As the process was rather non-obvious,
I post here with hopes that this information will be useful.
Working with the vanilla linux-2.6.37.tar.bz2 from kernel.org...
Documentation/intel_txt.txt does not actually explain how to enable
Linux kernel support.
Searching for "TXT" using the "/" feature in `make menuconfig` gives
the following:
--------------------------------------------
Symbol: INTEL_TXT [=n]
Type : boolean
Prompt: Enable Intel(R) Trusted Execution Technology (Intel(R) TXT)
Defined at security/Kconfig:106
Depends on: HAVE_INTEL_TXT [=n]
Location:
-> Security options
Symbol: HAVE_INTEL_TXT [=n]
Type : boolean
--------------------------------------------
However, the "Enable Intel(R) Trusted Execution Technology (Intel(R)
TXT)" does not actually appear by default.
After recursively grepping Kconfig files, I found that HAVE_INTEL_TXT
is defined in
arch/x86/Kconfig:
config HAVE_INTEL_TXT
def_bool y
depends on EXPERIMENTAL && DMAR && ACPI
...however the search result page (i.e., using "/" in `make
menuconfig`) does not show these dependencies. The search result page
for CONFIG_DMAR does suggest that CONFIG_PCI_MSI is necessary, and
after enabling CONFIG_PCI_MSI, CONFIG_DMAR becomes available, and
after enabling that, then CONFIG_INTEL_TXT becomes available back in
the Security Options menu.
I'm not very knowledgeable about the internals of the kernel config /
build process, but it seems like there is probably some kind of parse
error or missing information in arch/x86/Kconfig. I have a few
minutes and I'll see if I can figure it out and perhaps create a
patch.
Cheers,
-Jon
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